Tiny Town Train Derailment: miniature train derails, injuring 21 people – KDVR

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. - Tiny Town remains closed Thursday as authorities investigate what caused its small train to jump the tracks and tip over onto its side.

The miniature train at Tiny Town, a popular children's theme park in Jefferson County, derailed Wednesday morning injuring 21 people, authorities said.

The accident happened at about 10:40 a.m. as the train was rounding a turn.

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office spokesman Mark Techmeyer said 16 patients, both adults and children, were transported to area hospitals with injuries ranging from bumps and bruises to broken bones.

None of the injuries were life-threatening.

"The train that derailed had the engine followed by 6 open passenger compartments that did derail," Techmeyer said. "The caboose on the end stayed on the tracks."

Helicopter footage showed the miniature train rolled over on its side next to a fence that separates the tracks from a children's playground.

Swedish Hospital spokeswoman Deborah Gosling says nine of the 12 people transported there were released. Three patients -two adults and one child- were in serious condition.