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GERMANY: ESCHEDE: RESCUE OPERATION HAMPERED BY COLLAPSED BRIDGE

(4 Jun 1998) German/Nat Rescue workers continued their search for survivors on Thursday at Eschede, the site of Wednesday's horrific train crash in Germany. But their efforts are being hampered by the collapse of the bridge which is still blocking rescue workers from reaching at least one buried rail carriage. The crash has claimed the lives of at least 100 people and at least two hundred more are believed to be injured. Rescue teams carried on working on Thursday at the site of Wednesday's train crash in Eschede in Germany. Much of the train is still inaccessible and working conditions are complicated. Emergency workers and doctors are having to use cranes, hoists and pulleys to remove bodies from the train wreckage. Sniffer dogs have also been used to seek out any remaining survivors. So far police say they have retrieved 81 bodies. Adding to complications is the collapse of a railway bridge which was torn into pieces when the train derailed and collided with it. The Hamburg-bound train smashed into the railway bridge at speeds of around 200 kilometres (125 miles) an hour. Part of the collapsed bridge is still blocking access to at least one carriage and must be removed. This means the rescue operations are not going as quickly as many people would like. SOUNDBITE: (German) "The rescue operations are very difficult because of the fall of the bridge. We are trying to dismantle the whole bridge today and still it is not enough. Because of the accident, the bridge broke on two or three pieces. We will use 300 hundred tonne cranes to remove the remaining blocks of the bridge. Up until now, we managed to pull out some carriages but the last one is still buried under the bridge and we need to pull it away." SUPER CAPTION: Wilfried Burgharp, Chief of Emergency Services on site There is continued speculation as to whether a class of children was travelling on the train at the time of the crash. Police have reportedly discovered little rucksacks and children's items. The cause of Germany's worst rail disaster since World War Two is still unknown. It appeared that, on impact, at least twelve rail cars instantly derailed, piling into each other and crashing into the base of the overpass, and collapsing it. The force of the pile-up pushed crushed carriages together folding metal like paper. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...