Children escape injury in Serbian train derailment

Three carriages of a passenger train carrying more than a hundred school children derailed today in western Serbia, disrupting railway traffic but causing no injuries.

The accident happened near Mt. Zlatibor, about 72 miles south-west of Belgrade. It was not immediately clear why the carriages derailed.

The train was travelling from the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad toward the Montenegrin coastal town of Bar. The railway route is the key connection between the two republics.

The Beta news agency reported that about 120 school children were in the derailed train. None were injured and they were returning to Belgrade in buses, the agency said.

Railway traffic on the line is expected to resume later today.