Netherlands
Serious train crash – dead and dozens seriously injured
A serious train accident occurred in the Netherlands on Tuesday night. According to initial information, there are fatalities and serious injuries.
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One person died in the train accident in the Netherlands and several others were seriously injured.
About 50 people were on the train at the time of the accident.
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On Tuesday night, a train crashed in the Netherlands on the route from Leiden to The Hague.
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Dozens of people were injured and one was killed.
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The emergency services are numerous on site.
At least one person died in a serious train accident in the Netherlands and around 30 people were injured. A spokeswoman for the fire brigade announced on the radio on Tuesday that 19 people had been taken to the hospital. The nature of their injuries is unknown. Several dozen other injured people are being treated at the scene of the accident, the security forces said.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte spoke in a first reaction of a “terrible train accident”. “My thoughts are with the relatives and with all the victims. I wish them strength,” he wrote on Twitter.
Construction equipment on the tracks
The accident happened around 3:25 a.m. on the route from Leiden to The Hague near Voorschoten. The cause was initially unclear. According to eyewitnesses, a freight train and a passenger train hit a construction crane. According to the fire brigade and the railway, the passenger train derailed. Some cars had overturned.
According to a spokesman for the safety region Hollands Midden, construction equipment on the route might have been the cause of the accident. “The emergency services were quickly on site,” said a spokesman for the Dutch train company NS, who speaks of a major accident. “Our first concern is the people on the train, the passengers and our colleagues.” Around ten passengers were picked up by local residents. It is a very busy route from Amsterdam to The Hague.
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