Wayward soccer ball brings German train to halt
`A train in Germany was brought to a shuddering halt when a soccer ball flew from a nearby pitch and disabled the locomotive’s brakes, police said on Tuesday.
“The ball directly hit the brake pipe between the locomotive and the first wagon and undid it, leading to a loss of pressure,” said a spokesman for police in the western city of Muenster. “This caused the train to brake automatically.”‘
