Swiss train crash kills passenger

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<p> Switzerland's Glacier Express tourist train has derailed, killing one person and injuring 42 others. </p><p> Police said six of the injured were in serious condition. Most of the passengers were Japanese tourists, according to police. </p><p> The Glacier Express - dubbed the slowest express train in the world - is known as much for its majestic mountain climbs as for its pedestrian 18-miles-per-hour average speed. </p><p> Authorities said two of the train cars drove off the tracks and a third tipped over, but the cause of the accident was unknown. The three cars were at the back of the train. </p><p> The derailment took place near the town of Fiesch and the mouth of the Aletsch glacier, Europe's largest icemass. </p><p> The 80-year-old Glacier Express runs several times a day all year round, carrying some 250,000 passengers a year. </p><p> The accident was the country's worst rail mishap since 2006, when three men died after a runaway train travelled for miles without brakes before crashing into another train. </p>