Zurich [Switzerland], February 16 (ANI): Several people are feared injured after a train derailed near the village of Goppenstein in southern Switzerland when an avalanche struck in the Swiss Alps on Monday, according to local media.
Police said several people were believed to have been injured in the accident, swissinfo.ch reported. The derailment occurred at around 7 a.m. Monday in the canton of Valais in southwestern Switzerland, police said on social media platform X, according to the Swiss outlet. Approximately 30 passengers were on board at the time.
According to Swiss Federal Railways, an avalanche caused the accident. The RE1 line, which runs between Bern and Brig, was the most affected, the outlet reported.
Route operator BLS told the Keystone-SDA news agency that the incident occurred in the Stockgraben Tunnel between Goppenstein and Hohtenn, beyond the Lotschberg Tunnel.
The affected train was a RegioExpress service that departed Spiez at 6:12 a.m. According to BLS, about 30 passengers were on board at the time of the derailment. (ANI)
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