Friday, 20 February 2015

Two passenger trains collide in Switzerland

jack | 03:51 |
Two passenger trains collided in Switzerland on Friday, causing injuries and disrupting commuter routes into Zurich, police and rail operator SBB said.

Rescue workers stand next to a derailed train after two trains collided near Rafz
One of the trains derailed in the accident in Rafz, a small town near the German border around 30 km (18 miles) from Zurich, at 6:45 a.m., Zurich cantonal police said. Five people were injured, one of them seriously, it said.
Rescue workers stand next to a derailed train after two trains collided near Rafz

Newspaper 20 Minuten had earlier cited a member of the emergency services as saying as many as 49 people were thought to have been hurt. 

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