Two passenger trains collided Monday in central Austria, killing one person and injuring 22 others, the police told AFP.
Police said the accident happened a little before 1 pm (1200 GMT) at Niklasdorf station in Styria province. The cause of the crash has yet to be determined.
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A train company spokesman said the trains involved were a local service and an intercity train from Graz, which is about 40 kilometres (24 miles) from Niklasdorf, to Saarbruecken in Germany.
In December eight people were injured in a train derailment near the capital Vienna.
source http://punchng.com/one-died-22-injured-as-trains-collide-in-austria/
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