11 injured as landslide derails train cars in Alps

Three train cars derailed and 11 people were injured after a Swiss mountain train ran into a landslide in the Alps. Miraculously, no one was killed.

11 injured as landslide derails train cars in Alps

One carriage slid off the tracks onto a steep slope and was halted by trees.

The accident happened in a deep wooded valley between Tiefencastel and Solis, south-east of Zurich in the canton of Graubuenden.

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