Twelve people were killed and another 89 injured in the accident near the Bavarian town of Bad Aibling MATTHIAS SCHRADER/APA German railway signalman who caused a train crash in which 12 people died admitted at the start of his trial yesterday that he played a mobile phone game while on duty. Michael Paul, 40, faces up to five years in jail for involuntary manslaughter over the collision near the Bavarian town of Bad Aibling in February when two commuter trains collided head-on at high speed. Prosecutors said he was playing Dungeon Hunter 5, an online game that involves tracking down, fighting and slaughtering demons, before he gave both trains the signal to enter the single track line. Although he had a chance to prevent the crash through an emergency call to the train drivers, he pressed the wrong button and neither train was able…

Source: The Times November 11, 2016 00:04 UTC