At least 1 dead, 42 injured in train crash in Switzerland
13:25, 24 July 2010
GENEVA. July 24. KAZINFORM At least one person died and 42 were injured after a tourist train derailed in southern Switzerland on Friday, the official swissinfo.ch news website reported; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
The last three carriages of the train, which was traveling in the Alps in canton Valais, came off the track shortly after midday. Two carriages tipped over and one derailed but remained upright, according to the report.
Police said that at least six people were seriously injured. A guide accompanying a group of tourists who was on the train told swissinfo.ch that a number of the injured were Japanese.
The cause of the accident is not yet known.