Seven injured as train derails

Seven people have been injured after an Italian train derailed and one carriage tipped over in the central Swiss city of Lucerne.

The train from Milan to Basel derailed shortly before 2pm yesterday as it was pulling out of Lucerne’s main train station, the Swiss railway company SBB has confirmed.

The Trenitalia train’s fourth carriage tipped over and a power line was interrupted.

There were 160 passengers on board at the time.

Toni Haene, the head of passenger rail services at SBB, said seven people had suffered minor injuries.

The evacuation of the train was delayed due to safety concerns until the severed power line was switched off.

SBB said that train services to and from the station were suspended for the rest of the day.

The cause of the derailment is being investigated.