MUNICH: One person has died after two cargo trains collided on a bridge in Munich in the early hours of Saturday, ‌causing two ‌of the ‌carriages ⁠to derail and ⁠crash onto the street below, according to local police.

The cause of the ⁠incident is under ‌investigation, ‌a police spokesperson in ‌the southern ‌German city told Reuters.

Emergency services were alerted to the ‌collision in Munich’s northern district of Milbertshofen ⁠at ⁠1:40 a.m. (2340 GMT on Friday), with around 60 first responders dispatched to the scene, a fire department spokesperson said.