One dead after train crash in Luxembourg

  • 15/02/2017
Wreckage of the train collision (Luxembourg police)
Wreckage of the train collision (Luxembourg police)

One person was killed and two others injured in a train crash in southern Luxembourg, local police say.

The accident on Tuesday occurred between the town of Bettembourg and the French border when a passenger train and a cargo train collided head-on.

Rail traffic between Luxembourg City and Thionville in France would be suspended for 48 hours, Luxembourg rail operator CFL said on its website.

Reuters