Law of series. Friday, March 31, two regional trains derailed just a few dozen kilometers from each other, injuring several people, north of the capital, said the cantonal police of Bern. The first train derailed around 4:30 p.m. between Luscherz and Biel, and the second about twenty minutes later around Bürenzum Hof, police spokeswoman Flurina Schenk told Agence France-Presse, adding that that "rescue operations - police, ambulance and fire brigade - are still ongoing".
“In Bürenzum Hof there is currently an operation due to a derailed RBS train. There are several injured, including at least one seriously injured. In Lüscherz, part of an ASM train derailed. Several people were also injured," Bern police tweeted on Friday.
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The police were unable to explain the causes of these successive derailments which occurred north of the Swiss capital. The stormy winds, which crossed Switzerland on Friday, are probably the cause of the second derailment, according to the company RBS (Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn).
In the first derailment, "the rear part of the train overturned on the right side", explained the police spokeswoman. The accident occurred on the line that runs along Lake Biel, operated by the company Aare Seeland mobil (Asm).
A depression centered on the south of England on Friday generated strong winds over part of Europe, including Switzerland, underlines MeteoSwiss. The strongest gusts were generally accompanied by showers and thunderstorms. MeteoSwiss had warned in the morning against winds of 80 to 110 km / h in the plain and 100 to 140 km / h in the mountains.
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