A train accident in Austria killed one person and injured several other passengers.

A Red Cross spokesman told the AFP news agency that a train derailed in Münchendorf, south of Vienna, on Monday evening.

Two wagons overturned in the accident in Lower Austria.

Three people were reportedly seriously injured, nine others suffered minor injuries.

A total of about a hundred passengers were on the train when the accident happened.

They were taken to a disaster relief center.

Numerous helpers and four emergency helicopters were used to rescue the victims.

The cause of the accident is still unclear, the spokesman said.