Several dead in head-on crash between two commuter trains

Several people have been killed after a head-on collision between two trains in Germany.

Another 10 have been seriously injured and 100 suffered minor injuries in the collision in the southe state of Bavaria.

Local reports suggest that several carriages were overtued in the collision and one was derailed near Bad Aibling in the southeaste coer of Germany

At least four people are now confirmed dead but that figure is expected to rise.

He added that the scene of the accident was so confusing that he did not have any specific numbers of injured and dead yet.

‘This is the biggest accident we have had in years in this region and we have many emergency doctors, ambulances and helicopters on the scene," Sonntag said.

He said some people were still stuck inside the wreckage of the train and rescue personnel were trying to free them.

Police spokesman Jürgen Thal Meier told rosenheim24 that several people had been killed on the train between Munich and Rosenheim.

At least eight rescue helicopters have been ferrying people to nearby hospitals following the crash at 6.40am local time.