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One killed, 22 injured in Austrian train collision

Austrian train collision

AFP/Vienna

February 12, 2018 | 06:11 PM

Rescuers are seen at the site where two passenger trains collided in Niklasdorf, central Austria on Monday.

Two passenger trains collided on Monday in central Austria, killing one person and injuring 22 others, the police told AFP.

Police said the accident happened a little before 1 pm at Niklasdorf station in Styria province. The cause of the crash has yet to be determined.A train company spokesman said the trains involved were a local service and an intercity train from Graz, which is about 40 kilometres from Niklasdorf, to Saarbruecken in Germany.In December eight people were injured in a train derailment near the capital Vienna.

By AFP/Vienna

February 12, 2018 | 06:11 PM