The train driver, another rail employee and one passenger died, while 41 people were injured, prosecutors say.

Investigators believe a landslide brought on by heavy rainfall likely caused a regional train to derail in southern Germany, killing three people and injuring 41 more.

(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,