2 Killed, 10 Injured in Excavator Accident in Germany

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Two people were killed and 10 others, most of them children, were injured in a fatal excavator accident occurred at a camp for fathers and children in the Harburg district of Lower Saxony, northern Germany.

A police spokesperson said the group was riding in a box that was being carried along a dirt road by the excavator. The box detached and fell from the excavator after a hydraulic hose on the vehicle tore.

Some of the people were then trapped underneath the box, police added.

A fire brigade spokesperson said the group was riding over the road “for fun”.

The excavator was seized for police investigation.

Source: Qatar News Agency