Regional services collide head-on at Granges-pres-Marnand, killing a driver and injuring passengers, authorities say
Two trains have collided in Switzerland, killing one of the drivers, according to authorities.
The crash happened at Granges-pres-Marnand in the canton of Vaud as one of the trains headed to Lausanne and the other to Payerne. Between them they had been carrying 46 people, of whom 26 needed hospital treatment.
Vaud police spokesman Jean-Christophe Sauterel said: "These are regional trains. The speeds are a little lower and even if one deeply regrets the likely loss of life of one person as well as five serious injuries, the situation could have been much more catastrophic."
Authorities said they had recovered the body of a driver after separating the wreckage of the two trains.
The crash happened near the station of Granges-pres-Marnand shortly before 7pm local time on a regional line about 31 miles (50km) south-west of the capital, Bern.
Photographs from the site showed the two regional trains locked together, partly lifted off the tracks by the force of the collision.
Last week a high-speed derailment in Spain killed 79 people. Reported by guardian.co.uk 10 hours ago.
Two trains have collided in Switzerland, killing one of the drivers, according to authorities.
The crash happened at Granges-pres-Marnand in the canton of Vaud as one of the trains headed to Lausanne and the other to Payerne. Between them they had been carrying 46 people, of whom 26 needed hospital treatment.
Vaud police spokesman Jean-Christophe Sauterel said: "These are regional trains. The speeds are a little lower and even if one deeply regrets the likely loss of life of one person as well as five serious injuries, the situation could have been much more catastrophic."
Authorities said they had recovered the body of a driver after separating the wreckage of the two trains.
The crash happened near the station of Granges-pres-Marnand shortly before 7pm local time on a regional line about 31 miles (50km) south-west of the capital, Bern.
Photographs from the site showed the two regional trains locked together, partly lifted off the tracks by the force of the collision.
Last week a high-speed derailment in Spain killed 79 people. Reported by guardian.co.uk 10 hours ago.