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German freight train accident kills a 10-year-old boy, critically injures another child

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One boy was killed and another seriously injured when they were hit by a freight train in western Germany, police said Friday.

The boys, ages 9 and 10, were hit by the train in Recklinghausen, in the Ruhr industrial region, on Thursday evening.

The elder boy died while the younger was taken to a hospital. Police said Friday that his life was no longer in acute danger.

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Police officers stand at a barrier near the train accident site in Recklinghausen, Germany, on Feb. 2, 2023. One child was killed, and another was seriously injured in the accident.
(Thomas Banneyer/dpa via AP)

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They said there were no indications that other children were hit, though they were looking into whether others had been on the tracks before the accident.

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