Identification of German rail accident deceased complete

Three women aged 32, 39 and 70 were killed in Friday's derailment, the police said. A 51-year-old woman also died, according to current information. The fifth victim was a teenage boy, whose body was recovered only on Saturday.

One of the more than 40 injured remains in a critical condition.

There was still no clarity on the cause of the accident. Rail experts are working on the assumption of a technical defect of some kind, Bavarian Transport Minister Christian Bernreiter said.

Rescue services were set to deploy a heavy-lifting crane weighing 250 tons to lift the derailed engine. The aim was also to remove an overturned carriage which was lifted onto a nearby road on Saturday, a police spokesperson said. The carriage might have to be cut up for transport, he added.

There were 140 passengers on the train, which was travelling from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Munich. Several children were among the injured. Some of those who were badly injured had to undergo emergency surgery.

The accident occurred near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, an Alpine resort on the border with Austria that hosted the 1936 Winter Olympics. This year's G7 summit, hosted by Germany, is due to take place later this month at the nearby Schloss Elmau.