A driver's body has been recovered following a train crash in Switzerland that left at least 35 passengers injured.
The Swiss accident investigation authority has launched an investigation Five of the injured are in a serious condition following the head-on collision just outside a station in Vaud canton, western Switzerland.
Pictures showed the two trains still on the tracks with the cabs crumpled into each other and broken glass on the floor of the carriages.
The injured are taken away from the crash site Ambulances, fire engines and a helicopter are on the scene of the crash at Granges-pres-Marnand, around 31 miles southwest of the capital, Bern.
The helicopter and ambulances took the five seriously injured to a hospital in the nearby town of Payerne and south to the city of Lausanne.
The collision happened at Granges-pres-Marnand Their injuries were not life-threatening however, police said.
Rescue teams deployed a heavy-lifting crane to remove the rest of the wreckage and clear the line.
As night fell on Monday, they set up arc-lights to help operations continue.
Rescue teams work into the night The collision happened around 100m from a station at 7pm (local time) when one train bound for Lausanne left the station as another, travelling from Lausanne, arrived.
Police said the northbound train was from the faster regional service, which generally stops at fewer destinations than the slower service that covers more local communities along the line.
Heavy lifting equipment was used to clear the tracks Police experts, along with members of the Swiss accident investigation authority SESA, have launched an investigation into the likely cause of the crash, officials said.
A CFF spokeswoman said the two trains should have crossed at the station, thanks to a track system that allows them to pass one another.
Switzerland's rail system is considered among the safest in the world It was not clear whether the collision could have been sparked by a delay to one of the trains, or one of them setting off too soon.
Switzerland's rail system is considered among the safest in the world, but three years ago the Glacier Express tourist train derailed in the Alps, killing one person and injuring 42.
Seventy-nine people were killed in a train crash in Spain last Thursday, one of the worst in decades.
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