Two folks have been killed and several other others have been handled for shock after a practice crash close to the western German metropolis of Cologne.

The practice is known to have crashed into a bunch of people that had been engaged on the tracks close to the city of Huerth at round 11am native time, the German news company dpa reported.

Emergency staff, police and psychologists attended the scene and the route was closed to additional practice site visitors.

Five folks skilled psychological trauma after witnessing two of their colleagues being hit and killed, dpa reported.

A police spokesperson mentioned a number of folks had been additionally injured, although officers couldn't give an actual quantity.

The spokesperson added that the practice had been heading from Cologne to the town of Koblenz.

Fire service rescue groups had been treating the injured whereas care was additionally being supplied to the passengers on board who had been initially not allowed to depart the practice.

Regional newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger reported that in addition to a big police presence, 10 ambulances, 4 emergency docs and 35 fireplace service personnel had been additionally on the scene.

Following the incident, the road between Huerth-Kalscheuren station and the city of Bruehl has been closed.