A serious accident occurred on a railway line in Recklinghausen in Germany’s industrial Ruhr area on Thursday evening. A police spokeswoman said that a goods train may have hit several people. For the time being, the police did not want to give further details when asked by dpa. According to the fire brigade, 35 firefighters and rescue workers were on duty. “We searched the track bed,” said a spokesman for the fire brigade. Due to the darkness and the extent of the search area, a drone was used, he said. The accident site was near a former goods station, he said. Recklinghausen is located in t…