Two trains have collided head-on in western Switzerland, killing one train’s driver and injuring at least 26 passengers.
Officials say 46 passengers were on board the trains when the accident happened late Monday in Granges-pres-Marnand.
The cause of the collision was not immediately clear.
Last week, 79 people were killed in a train crash in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela.
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