Swiss Train Collision Leaves Driver Dead, 25 in Hospital

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Two trains collided head-on in western Switzerland, killing one of the engine drivers and hospitalizing 25, local police said.

It’s possible there may be another victim trapped in the wreckage of the accident, which occurred at 6:46 p.m. yesterday outside the town of Granges-pres-Marnand, Jean-Christophe Sauterel, a police spokesman for the Canton of Vaud, told reporters today in Lausanne.