A number of people have been injured in a train derailment in Scotland on Wednesday morning, following severe storms and flash floods overnight, officials said.
“Although details are yet to come, I am afraid to say that there are early reports of serious injuries,” Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon said in a statement to parliament. She also called the derailment an ‘extremely serious incident’ in a tweet Wednesday.
The British police group said officers were called at 9:43 a.m. to the railway line at Stonehaven, about 100 miles northeast of Edinburgh, where a train had derailed. Several ambulances, at least one air ambulance and fire engines also drove to the scene.
The 6:38 p.m. train traveling from Aberdeen to Stonehaven had four carriages carrying a total of 12 passengers, according to Sky News. Three of the four cars derailed and slid down a track, the outlet reported.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also tweeted that it was a ‘very serious incident’.
Prior to the crash, torrential rain and thunder took over parts of central and eastern Scotland, causing floods and widespread power outages, the BBC reported.
“We apparently do not know why the dismissal took place, but we obviously suffered terrible weather here,” said local lawmaker Andrew Bowie.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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