With 64 people killed .
Some 230 seriously injured , it was the deadliest train accident in German history until the collision of two D - Trains in the Genthin rail disaster on 21 December 1939 , which claimed 278 casualties .
With 64 people killed and some 230 seriously injured , it was the deadliest train accident in German history until the collision of two D - Trains in the Genthin rail disaster on 21 December 1939 , which claimed 278 casualties .