sourcePolice said 23 people were killed when a high-tech train travelling at speed crashed into a maintenance vehicle on a test track in northwestern Germany on Friday.
Rescue workers battled throughout the day to find survivors in the wreckage of the magnetic levitation Transrapid train, but their efforts were hampered as it runs on a test track elevated five metres (16 feet) above the ground.
The train had been carrying about 30 people when it crashed at 9:30 am (0730 GMT). By nightfall, the death toll rose sharply as it became clear that only 10 had survived.
Police said at one point that 25 people had died, before admitting officials had "made a mistake" when counting in the darkness.
The prosecutor's office in the city of Osnabrueck said human error was the cause of the collision near Lathen, a town located a few kilometres (miles) from the border with the Netherlands.
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