Train DERAILS in ‘rockfall’ killing at least 1 as horror pics show flipped carriages after passengers ‘kick doors open’
A HORROR train crash killed one person and injured four more as terrified passengers kicked down the carriage doors to escape.
Dramatic pictures show the derailed train flipped on its side in a forested area in northern Norway this afternoon.
Police believe a boulder barrelled into the tracks and overturned the locomotive while 55 passengers were onboard.
Terrified passengers told how they kicked down doors to escape and helped others who were injured in the crash escape.
Live TV showed several carriages of the train sliding down a hill before it became caught in the trees and hung onto a road.
The train operator said 90 tickets were sold for the ride but 55 people were on board at the time.
The train had been heading towards the city of Bodoe from Trondheim in central Norway.
Shaken passengers revealed their on board account of the horrifying incident.
Ingvart Strand Mølster revealed how he was tossed within his carriage during the ordeal.
“I never understood why we braked like that, then I was suddenly thrown into a wall,” Mølster told news site Dagbladet.
“I ended up in the middle of the cart where the bins are.
“People were lying on top of each other there.”
The rider explained how passengers remained stuck even after the derailed train had stopped.
“The carriage rocked and hung in the air. I wasn’t sure if we were in danger of overturning,” Mølster added.
“People tried to get out, but we were trapped by trees and earth masses.”
Another passenger named Transeth recalled riders used what they could find to desperately help other riders who were stuck inside.
“I got a hammer and a saw to break windows, and we found a number of carpets so that people could get out through the windows,” Transeth said:
“I helped to get out two children, five or six years old, and a couple of ladies.”
Several passengers were taken away from the derailed train on buses around an hour after the incident.
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