TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) – German prosecutors are investigating three employees of state-owned railway Deutsche Bahn after a deadly train accident in southern Germany last week, police said.

Five people, including two women who had Ukrainian citizenship and a teenager, were killed and more than 40 injured when a regional train derailed in the mountainous region north of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Reuters reported.

Public prosecutors in Munich are investigating the three employees on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter, among other things, police said.

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