Authorities say a landslide triggered by heavy rain likely caused a train to derail in southern Germany, killing two rail workers and a passenger.

A regional passenger train derailed near the southern German city of Ulm on Sunday night, killing at least three passengers and injuring others, according to the police. The cause of the accident, which appears to have occurred just after 6 p.m., was under investigation.

(Reuters) -Three people were killed and others seriously injured when a passenger train derailed in southwestern Germany on Sunday, police said in a statement. There were around 100 people on board when two carriages left the tracks between the towns of Riedlingen and Munderkingen,