An elevated Transrapid train carrying around 30 people has crashed on a test run in northern Germany, killing some passengers, authorities said on Friday.
“There were fatalities, we don’t know how many yet,” said Dieter Sturm, a spokesman for the administrative district of Emsland in northwest Germany.

He said the train had collided with an object on the track while travelling at a speed of at least 200 km/h (120 mph) and that several passengers had been seriously injured.

The Transrapid is a high-speed system which uses magnetic levitation on a special track. The only operational use of the system is as a high speed shuttle to Shanghai airport from the city centre. The site in Emsland is a test facility.

The maglev system was developed by Transrapid International, a joint venture between Siemens AG and ThyssenKrupp.

via: CNN