Editing Eschede train disaster (section)

===Derailment===
As the train passed over the first of two points, the embedded tyre slammed against the guide rail of the points, pulling it from the railway ties. This guide rail also penetrated the floor of the car, becoming embedded in the vehicle and lifting the [[bogie]] off the rails. At 10:59 local time (08:59 [[UTC]]), one of the now-derailed wheels struck the points lever of the second switch, changing its setting. The rear axles of car number 3 were switched onto a parallel track, and the entire car was thereby thrown sideways into the [[pier (architecture)|piers]] supporting a {{Convert|300|t|adj=on}} roadway [[Bridge|overpass]], destroying them.<ref name="Seconds" />

Car number 4, likewise derailed by the violent deviation of car number 3 and still travelling at {{convert|200|km/h|mph|round=5}}, passed intact under the bridge and rolled onto the embankment immediately behind it, striking several trees before coming to a stop. Two [[Deutsche Bahn]] railway workers who had been working near the bridge were killed instantly when the derailed car crushed them. The breaking of the car couplings caused the automatic [[Emergency brake (train)|emergency brakes]] to engage, and the mostly undamaged first three cars came to a stop.<ref name="Seconds" />