Investigators believe a landslide brought on by heavy rainfall is likely to have caused a regional train to derail in southern Germany, killing three people and injuring 41 more.

Train derailment that killed three in Germany likely caused by landslide, say police Police say heavy rainfall led to a sewage shaft overflowing, which is thought to have triggered a landslide on ...

Train derailment that killed 3 in Germany apparently was caused by landslide Investigators believe a landslide, brought on by heavy rainfall, likely caused a regional train to derail in southern ...

German investigators said Monday that a train derailment over the weekend that killed three people and injured 41 others was the result of a mudslide caused by heavy rains.

The crash happened near the town of Riedlingen, dpa reported, roughly 158km west of Munich. According to reports, there had been a storm in the area shortly before. “Two carriages of a regional ...