Two carriages of a passenger train derailed and ended up in a forest next to the railway in Switzerland. Unofficially, there are no victims, and seven people were injured.
The accident occurred between the towns of Tiefenkastel and Solis in the mountainous region, when a landslide swept away part of the railway between two tunnels.
Officials have not yet released information about the injured, nor the number of passengers in the carriages that jumped off the rails, but Swiss media claim that there are five seriously injured people and two with minor injuries. All have already been transferred to the hospital.
There were about 200 passengers on the train, and according to unofficial information, there were "from five to ten in the carriages that jumped off the rails."
The injured were taken to hospitals by helicopter, while the other passengers of the train set off on foot to the other train.
The train was traveling from St. Moritz to Chur, and according to available information, the cause of the accident was heavy rainfall that caused a landslide in a place where such a thing is not common.
The spokesperson of the police station, Danijel Cinzli, told Blick.ch that the accident happened around 13:XNUMX p.m. local time, and that the terrain is very inaccessible for rescue services.
Rescue helicopters are flying around the scene, the police, ambulance and fire department have arrived.
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