Photos: Two Passenger Trains Crash In Austria Leaving One Dead and Several Injured

Two passenger trains collide in Austria (Image: Twitter)

A tragic incident occurred in Niklasdorf, Austria Monday afternoon, at around 12.45pm local time when two passenger trains crashed and has left at least one person dead and 22 more injured, including three children.

Dramatic images have captured the impact of the side-on crash, which appears to have ripped off the entire metal work from one train and derailed several carriages.

A total of 19 rescue and two emergency medical vehicles were sent to the scene, with teams searching through the destruction for survivors.

One side of a train was damaged in the flank collision (Image: Twitter)

Some of the carriages were completely derailed in the incident (Image: AFP)