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'Human error' caused German train crash: prosecutor

A 39-year-old signalling worker was charged with negligence leading to the accident.

A 39-year-old signalling worker was charged with negligence leading to the accident.

Berlin, Germany:

German prosecutors said on Tuesday that human error caused a train crash that killed 11 people and charged a 39-year-old signalling worker with negligence leading to the accident.

-"If he had complied with the rules then there would have been no collision between the trains,-" said Wolfgang Giese, the prosecutor who led the investigation into last Tuesday's accident in southern Germany.

-"There is no evidence of technical problems... Our investigation shows that this was human error with catastrophic consequences,-" he added.

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