Date: 06/12/2016

A German court has sentenced a train controller to three and a half years in jail over a rail disaster in Bavaria which killed 12 people and injured 89.
The 40-year-old defendant, named as Michael P, admitted making a signalling error and dialling the wrong emergency number. Two commuter trains collided near Bad Aibling in February.
The controller also admitted having played a computer game on his mobile phone just before the crash.

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Bad Aibling train crash: German controller jailed

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A German train controller is jailed over a head-on collision which killed 12 people in Bavaria.

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