Three people seriously injured as passenger train derails in Austria
Berlin — A passenger train derailed on a local railway in Austria on Tuesday, leaving two carriages lying on their side and three people seriously injured, authorities said.
A further 27 people sustained light injuries in the derailment near St. Poelten, west of Vienna, Red Cross official Sonja Kellner told the Austria Press Agency. The accident happened around 7:15 a.m.
Around 80 people were on board the train at the time, and a third carriage remained on the tracks.
Overhead wires were brought down in the accident.
There was no immediate word on the cause. The train belongs to the Mariazellerbahn, a local narrow-gauge railway, and was headed to St. Poelten. /vvp
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