UK train derails seriously injuring two people

A passenger train derailed Thursday in southern England

seriously injuring two people and causing minor injuries for nine others

after three carriages overturned, British Transport Police said.

The Southern Rail train from Victoria station in London to Eastbourne

was carrying about 150 people when it went off the tracks outside

the tourist town of Lewes.

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Aerial footage showed firefighters and paramedics treating passengers

in a field next to the train, with several ambulances and three

helicopters standing by.

All passengers were evacuated within three hours.

The cause of the derailment is under investigation.