Authorities say a landslide triggered by heavy rain likely caused a train to derail in southern Germany, killing two rail workers and a passenger.

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

(Reuters) -Three people were killed and others seriously injured when a passenger train derailed in southwestern Germany on Sunday, police said in a statement. There were around 100 people on board when two carriages left the tracks between the towns of Riedlingen and Munderkingen,