The head-on crash between two trains in Switzerland on Monday, July 29, tragically killed one driver and injured 26 passengers. Swiss investigators are currently pointing to signal jumping as the possible cause of the train collision that happened at approximately 7:00 pm (1700 GMT) just outside of the train station in Granges-pres-Marnand.

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"The investigation focuses on the likelihood that the train travelling from Payerne failed to respect a signal," stated Jean-Christophe Sauterel, the police spokesman for Switzerland's Vaud region. One train was reported to be travelling from the Payerne town to the lakeside city of Lausanne, 38 kilometres (24 miles) to the south, while the other faster regional service train was travelling north from Lausanne.

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Resident Daniel Antonez of nearby Moudon shared that he heard the train's impact. "It's one I often take. I'm sure I know some people who were on the train," Mr Antonez stated.

There were 46 passengers believed to be travelling on the two trains. "Two adults and a child are still in hospital out of the 23 recorded injured, but their lives are not in danger," Jocelyn Corniche, the emergency services' chief physician, declared.

The unnamed train driver of the northbound train, a 24-year-old French citizen who resided in the region, died from the train collision. His body was pulled out from the train wreckage at 1:30 am (2330 GMT) on Tuesday, July 30, after rescuers worked the entire night under arc lamps with special cutting tools.

The Swiss federal railway company CFF offered their condolences to the train driver's family. "The management and employees of the CFF are shocked by the death of their colleague," the company expressed in a released statement.

The southbound train's slow speed of 40 kilometres (25 miles) per hour, appeared to be one possible justification why more passengers had not died from the collision. However, the northbound train's speed has not yet been confirmed.

Accident investigators are still trying to figure out why the southbound train, running on a slower speed, failed to wait for the passage of the faster northbound train which does not stop at Granges-pres-Marnand. Police spokesperson Jean-Christophe Sauterel emphasized that the concern of criminal responsibility for the train collision is "not under discussion" at present time.

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