Train derailed in Turkey, several dead and injured (photos)

A train came off the rails in northwest Turkey on Sunday after heavy rain and a landslide on to the tracks killing several people and wounding others.

A suburban train had an accident ... due to a landfall. Unfortunately we have fatalities and casualties, a statement from the prime minister's office said.

The train was carrying more than 300 passengers and was headed to Istanbul when five carriages came off the tracks, in a region near the Greek border state news agency Anadolu reported.

President Tayyip Erdogan's office said Erdogan had received information from the ministers of transport and interior about the incident, and sent condolences for those killed.
 

The local governor in Tekirdag, about 120 km (75 miles) west of Istanbul, blamed heavy rain for the derailment.

Our helicopter ambulances have reached the site. Many of those injured have been taken off the site, Mehmet Ceylan said.