Man dies after wheelchair trapped between Berlin metro carriages

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2025-01-19

Berlin (dpa) - A 68-year-old wheelchair user died when he became trapped between two carriages of a Berlin metro train and collided with a barrier at the end of the platform, police in the German capital reported on Sunday. The passenger had attempted to reverse onto the train at the Brandenburg Gate station in the city centre on Saturday evening, when a wheel apparently got caught between the carriage and the platform edge, the report said. The......

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