One dead, more than a dozen injured in Austria train accident

A trail derailed outside of Vienna on Monday, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others, according to Austrian news agency APA.

Rescuers rushed to the accident at Muenchendorf, just south of Vienna, with one dead, two seriously injured and 11 lightly injured, APA cited Andreas Zenker of the Red Cross of Lower Austria as saying.

“Serious train accident at Muenchendorf,” the emergency services of Lower Austria wrote on Facebook.

“According to initial information, there are numerous injuries, several emergency helicopters and a large contingent of rescue workers are on duty at the moment!”

APA reported one waggon tipped over when the train derailed. The cause of the accident was not immediately known.

Zenker or another Red Cross representative nor a spokesperson for the Austrian rail operator OeBB could immediately be reached by AFP.

In the nine-million-strong Alpine EU member, fatal train accidents are uncommon.