One killed and four injured after train derails in northern Norway

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>At least one person has been killed and four injured after a train running along Norway’s northern coast derailed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Arctic Circle Express with 55 people on board was on its way from Trondheim to the remote northern town of Bodoe&comma; above the Arctic Circle&comma; when it left the mountainside track&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police said they were alerted to the derailment at 12&period;15pm local time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The four people injured were taken to a nearby hospital&period; Their condition was unclear&period; Those who were unhurt were taken by bus to the town of Mo i Rana&comma; 140 miles south of Bodoe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police told Norwegian news agency NTB that a rock slide likely caused the derailment of the train&comma; which was made up of a locomotive and five carriages&period; The VG newspaper carried a photo of a huge rock on the track that had smashed into a train carriage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One of the passengers&comma; Ingvart Strand Molster&comma; told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that a rock hit the train but no one in his carriage was hurt&comma; with the exception of one person who suffered a minor ankle injury&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another passenger told the local newspaper Avisa Nordland that people were evacuated through the windows&period; Norwegian media quoted passengers who said the train braked suddenly&comma; throwing people around inside the carriages and shattering the windows&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Passenger Sissel Troan told NRK that the braking had been &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;dramatic”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I flew over a guy and broke a table in front of us&period; But I was lucky and sustained no injuries&period; I’m just a little shaky&comma;” Mr Troan was quoted as saying&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>NRK posted a video of the train which had left its mountainside tracks&comma; crashing through trees and down on to a road&comma; which was closed to traffic in the wake of the derailment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ecc85f8f01d">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ecc85f8f01d'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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