Swiss passenger train derails into ravine, eleven injured


  • World
  • Thursday, 14 Aug 2014

Police and rescue workers help after a passenger train derailed into a ravine near Tiefencastel in a mountainous region of southeastern Switzerland after encountering a mudslide on the tracks August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Kantonspolizei Graubunden/Handout via Reuters

ZURICH (Reuters) - A passenger train derailed into a ravine in a mountainous region of southeastern Switzerland after encountering a mudslide on the tracks, Swiss police said on Wednesday.

Eleven passengers were injured after three train carriages came off the tracks near Tiefencastel, a village less than 50 km (31 miles) northwest of the ski resort St. Moritz.

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