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One killed and 3 injured in Swiss train collision : Tuesday June 6, 2000 One man has been killed and three others injured in a train crash near the Swiss city of Lucerne. The accident happened when a passenger train collided with a stationary freight train at Huswil station.The driver of the freight train was killed by the oncoming passenger service
The other train driver and two passengers were also injured.
Police say they believe one of the points may have been wrongly switched, but they say they do not know the exact reason for the crash. http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_780000/780057.stm
-- Doris (reaper1@mindspring.com), June 07, 2000