30 people are injured in train crash on a Swiss mountain

At least 30 people were injured in a train accident today at a station in the Swiss Alpine village of Andermatt, police said. 

The accident happened shortly before midday as a train run by the Matterhorn-Gotthard rail company, made up of a locomotive and five carriages and carrying around 100 passengers, attempted a manoeuvre at Andermatt station.

Police and medical teams were rushed to the scene of the accident.  

The locomotive was supposed to move to a parallel track to move from the back of the train to the front, and allow the train to head back towards the Alpine resort of Disentis.

But a spokesman for the rail company said something went wrong and the locomotive slammed into the carriages.

He said the locomotive had been travelling at a speed of only 15 to 20 kilometres per hour (9-12 miles per hour).

Sonja Aschwanden, of the Uri cantonal police, said she did not have any immediate information about the type of injuries or material damage. 

The accident happened shortly before midday as a train run by the Matterhorn-Gotthard rail company, made up of a locomotive and five carriages and carrying around 100 passengers, attempted a manoeuvre at Andermatt station

Police and medical teams were rushed to the scene of the accident

The regional police and the Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board have opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the accident.

‘No one is in critical condition,’ a spokeswoman for the regional police in the Swiss canton of Uri. 

 Sonja Aschwanden, of the Uri cantonal police, said she did not have any immediate information about the type of injuries or material damage