Swiss train derailed by the wind.

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As well as Storm Dylan Switzerland has also been hit by a severe storm. This has caused severe disruption on the Swiss railways, the worst being the stretch between Lenk and Zweisimmen on the metre gauge Montreux Oberland Bahn.

There a 3 car set was caught by a crosswind which caused the leading car to derail and fall down an embankment. 7 people have been injured, apparently none severely.

https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region...i-entgleisung-eines-bahnwagens/story/31071047

On Wednesday at the Lenk in the Simmental derailed a car of a train composition. Eight passengers were injured. According to initial findings, a strong gust of wind had lifted the railcar from the track.

A composition of the Montreux-Berner-Oberland-Bahn (MOB) was on Wednesday noon of the road in the direction of Zweisimmen on the road, as according to initial findings of the railcar at the height «Bode» was hit by a strong gust of wind, as reported by the cantonal police Bern on Wednesday evening , At the time of the railway accident there was also heavy snow.

The towing vehicle jumped in the sequence from the track, broke away from the following car, tilted to the left and finally came to rest on the side in the adjacent field to a standstill. The other two of the three-car train composition remained intact on the track, as Gabriel Rosetti, head of MOB passenger transport, said on request.

At the time of the accident, a total of 22 passengers had been on the train. Eight of them were injured in the accident, the police said. Seven people - including four children - suffered minor injuries according to initial clarifications. All injured persons were taken to hospitals with a total of eight ambulances - including to Zweisimmen.

Sorry for the standard of the translation, it was Google.

 

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As well as Storm Dylan Switzerland has also been hit by a severe storm. This has caused severe disruption on the Swiss railways, the worst being the stretch between Lenk and Zweisimmen on the metre gauge Montreux Oberland Bahn.

There a 3 car set was caught by a crosswind which caused the leading car to derail and fall down an embankment. 7 people have been injured, apparently none severely.

https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region...i-entgleisung-eines-bahnwagens/story/31071047

Sorry for the standard of the translation, it was Google.

Good enough! Repeat of the derailment a few years ago on the Appenzellerbahn?