A train carrying 200 passengers has been derailed by a landslide causing some carriages to plunge into a ravine in Switzerland.
One of the carriages hanging off a steep ravine. Pic: Blick.ch Pictures from the scene showed at least one carriage in a ravine and another hanging precariously from the tracks winding through mountains in the east of the country.
Rescue helicopters were seen hovering over the train in the mountainous region of Graubuenden.
Some passengers were rescued by helicopter. Pic: Blick.ch Scores of passengers on board the carriages which managed to remain upright scrambled to safety and could be seen standing at the side of the tracks.
A number of injured passengers were airlifted to hospital, while several others were treated for shock by paramedics.
A section of the train was derailed by a landslide. Pic: Blick.ch "Part of the train was derailed by a landslide," a spokesman for Rhaetische Bahn said, but he was unable to give further details immediately.
The train was travelling from St Moritz to Chur when it was caught in the landslide.
Reports suggested some three carriages came off the tracks and plunged into the ravine after hours of rainfall in the area, earlier.
One eyewitness, who was travelling with his wife and granddaughter on the train, told Swiss website Blick.ch they were sitting behind one of the carriages that plunged into the ravine which had passengers on board it.
"There was an announcement that we should move into the rear car," he said.
Afterwards, all of those on board the train were told to get off it, he added.
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