Eleven passengers were left injured when an eight-carriage train operated by Rhätische Bahn derailed on 13 August, after running into a landslide near St Moritz, Switzerland.
A total of 200 people were reportedly on the train when the accident occurred on a mountainous train line near Tiefencastel, between Chur and St Moritz in the region of Graubuenden.
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While no deaths have been reported, five people were seriously injured and another six sustained minor injuries.
Graubuenden police spokeswoman Anita Senti said the injured passengers included eight Swiss civilians, two Japanese citizens and one Australian.
Three train carriages went off the tracks in the accident, with one carriage hanging over the edge of the ravine while another slid off onto a steep slope and was stopped by trees.
The landslide occurred due to heavy rain in the region.
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By GlobalDataSwiss air rescue service Rega carried out recovery efforts with helicopters since the crash site was not near a road.
Rhaetische Bahn operates narrow-gauge routes in Switzerland’s mountainous south-eastern corner that are popular with tourists and the rail line is expected to remain closed for two days.
The accident comes only two days after three people died when their minibus was hit by a train in central Switzerland.
