imageBERLIN: Two trains collided in southern Germany on Tuesday, leaving eight people seriously injured, police said.

"According to the latest information, there are eight people with serious injuries" and "several" with minor injuries, Stefan Sonntag, a police spokesman in the southern town of Rosenheim, told AFP.

"We are not aware of any deaths," he added.

The eight serious casualties were airlifted to hospital by helicopter, while ambulances transported the rest, he said.

The cause of the accident near Bad Aibling, around 60 kilometres (40 miles) southeast of Munich, is not yet clear.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2016

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