3 hurt as Milan-Basel train derails

pulse 17:46 - 22 March 2017

Police officers and workers inspect the site of a train crash at the train station of Lucerne where a Eurocity train of Trenitalia derailed on March 22, 2017 in Lucerne

Three people were injured Wednesday when a train travelling from the Italian city of Milan to Basel in Switzerland derailed near the central Swiss city of Lucerne, police and railway officials said.

The Eurocity train, which was carrying 160 passengers and was operated by Trenitalia, had just left the station when a carriage overturned and fell across the track.

Lucerne police said three people were taken to hospital after the derailment, which Swiss media said would see Lucerne station closed at least until Thursday.