The elder boy died while the younger was taken to a hospital. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement" target="_blank">Police said</a> Friday that his life was no longer in acute danger.

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They said there were no indications that other <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/healthy-living/childrens-health" target="_blank">children were hit</a>, though they were looking into whether others had been on the tracks before the accident.

A German freight train accident killed a boy and seriously injured another child. The 9-year-old boy who was injured was taken to a hospital, and his life is no longer in acute danger.

German freight train accident kills a 10-year-old boy, critically injures another child

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