Several people were injured when a passenger train derailed near Voorschoten, between The Hague and Amsterdam, overnight. Allgemeen Dagblad reports. At least one person has died. Around 50 people are said to have been on the night train and at least 30 are said to be injured, several of them seriously. During the morning, one person could be confirmed dead, according to AFP. The train caught fire It was around 03.30 last night that the train is believed to have collided with equipment from a previous track work that had been left behind on the track. Among other things, it seems to be about a construction crane. The front part of the train must have ended up in a meadow, the middle part on the side next to the track and the rear part of the train must have caught fire. In addition, a freight train must have been on the track and thus become involved in the accident, writes AD. “Something must have gone very wrong” Residents in the area testify that they heard two loud bangs. “The whole house shook and my wife said that something must have gone very wrong,” a witness told Allgemeen Dagblad. A special “disaster hospital” is said to have been put into use during the night to receive the many injured.
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Serious train accident in the Netherlands – one person dead
