Eleven people were killed and 20 others injured, five seriously, when a landslide derailed a train in northern Italy Monday, according to Italy's Civil Protection office.
The train derailed about 9 a.m. (3 a.m. ET) at Castelbello, near the northern city of Bolzano, in the East Alps region, officials said. The incident took place where tracks cross a narrow gorge, police said earlier.
Rescue operations are ongoing, and the number of deaths and injured could change, Italian Transport Minister Altero Matteoli said.
The train was a small diesel train with two carriages, traveling on the Val Venosta line. The railway is one of the region's newest, inaugurated in 2005.
The most probable cause of the landslide is a broken irrigation pipe, said Thomas Widmann, head of the transport department for the local government.
The mud from the slide entered the train's cars, suffocating the passengers, he said. More than 200 rescuers were on the scene.
The train came to rest when it reached the trunk of two big trees, according to a local journalist. One of the carriages was left hanging over the Adige River.
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