One killed, several hurt in Austrian train crash

VIENNA: One person died and several were hurt when two trains collided in the Austrian province of Styria on Monday, police said.

One train derailed in the incident, which took place just before 1 p.m. local time (1200 GMT) in the southeastern town of Niklasdorf, police said on Twitter.

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AP: Austrian police say at least one person has been killed and at least 15 injured when two passenger trains crashed in the central town of Niklasdorf.
Police spokesman Leo Josefus said Monday that one train hit the side of the other train about 12:25 p.m. near the station in the town 60 kilometers (40 miles) north of the city of Graz. He says one person was killed in the crash and some 15 to 20 people were injured. Rescue crews are on the scene.
He says the cause of the crash is not yet clear.    

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AFP: Vienna: Two passenger trains collided 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 (1200 GMT) 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 (24 miles) from Niklasdorf, to Saarbruecken in Germany.
In December eight people were injured in a train derailment near the capital Vienna.