1 person has died after a train crash in Austria

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1 person has died after a train crash in Austria

At least one person has died, and at least 15 others have been injured, after a train crashed into another train in the central Austrian town of Niklasdorf on Monday.

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A passenger train collided into another passenger tain near the town's station around 12.25 p.m. local time (CET), the Associated Press quoted a police spokesman as saying.

The cause of the crash is not clear at this point, police said.

Rescue workers are attending the scene, the Austrian Federal Railways tweeted.

Swiss news channel SRF posted a photograph of the wrecked train.

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