Investigators believe a landslide, brought on by heavy rainfall, likely caused a regional train to derail in southern Germany, killing three people and injuring 41 more.

A regional passenger train derailed in southern Germany, killing at least three people and seriously injuring others on Sunday, authorities said.

Three people were killed when a regional train derailed near Riedlingen in the south-western German state of Baden-Württemberg on Sunday evening, police said.