Investigators have confirmed that a passenger train hit a landslide before derailing and killing three in Stonehaven, Scotland on August 13.

Torrential rain and thunderstorms had caused flash flooding across the country seeing hundreds of train service cancellations.

Drone footage shows the derailed train which The Rail Accident Investigation Branch said kept going straight at a turning in the track.

Scotrail Train derailment near Stonehaven. It is thought the train hit a landslide after heavy rain and thunderstorms

New drone footage showing the landslide that caused the Scotrail train to derail in Aberdeenshire.

Three people have died after a train derailment in Aberdeenshire. It is thought heavy rain and thunderstorms caused a landslide at the site of the train derailment where three people have died.
Scotrail are carrying out investigations into the cause of the accident before recovering the carriages.
Heavy smoke could be seen through the valley where one of the carriage caught fire.