Avalanche derails Swiss train - several injuries feared

An avalanche has derailed a train near to the Swiss village of Goppenstein. Police expect that several people were injured in the accident. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The derailment happened at around 7am on Monday morning in the canton of Valais, southwest Switzerland, police said on the social media platform X. Swiss Federal Railways wrote on its website that an avalnache had caused the accident. Train services between the Goppenstein and Brig in canton Valais have been interrupted until "at least until 4pm". Delays and train cancellations are to be expected. The rescue operation is still ongoing. Further information will follow. Translated from German by AI/mga How we work We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. A journalist then reviews the translation for clarity and accuracy before publication. Providing you with automatically translated news gives us ...