At least 30 people were injured Monday when a train engine collided with carriages full of passengers at a station in the Swiss Alpine village of Andermatt, police said.
At least 30 people were injured Monday when a train engine collided with carriages full of passengers at a station in the Swiss Alpine village of Andermatt, police said.
« No one is in critical condition, » said a spokeswoman for the regional police in the Swiss canton of Uri.
Police initially said 27 people had been hurt.
The accident happened shortly before midday as a train run by the Matterhorn-Gotthard rail company, made up of a locomotive and five carriages and carrying around 100 passengers, attempted a manoeuvre at Andermatt station.
The locomotive was supposed to move to a parallel track to move from the back of the train to the front, and allow the train to head back towards the Alpine resort of Disentis.
But Jan Barwalde, a spokesman for the rail company told AFP something had gone wrong and the locomotive had slammed into the carriages.
« For some reason, the locomotive drove into the convoy it had just detached from, instead of moving onto the parallel track, » he said.
He said the locomotive had been travelling at a speed of only 15 to 20 kilometres per hour (9-12 miles per hour) , and there appeared to be very little material damage.
Three rescue helicopters and around a dozen ambulances were sent to the scene, Swiss media reported.
The regional police and the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board have opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the accident.
