At least one person was killed and 30 injured, many seriously, when a passenger train carrying about 50 people derailed in the Netherlands early on Tuesday after hitting construction equipment on the track, Dutch emergency services said, APA reports citing Reuters.
Rescue teams were seen ferrying away the injured in pre-dawn darkness at the scene of the accident at Voorschoten, a village near The Hague. The accident happened around 3:25 a.m. (0125 GMT), the emergency services said.
A fire department spokesman told Dutch radio that 19 people were taken to hospital. Others were being treated on the spot, the emergency services said.
The front carriage of the night train from Leiden city to The Hague derailed and ploughed into a field after the accident, according to the source. The second carriage was on its side and a fire broke out in the rear carriage but was later extinguished, it said.
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Several people were 'seriously injured' after a passenger train derailed following a collision with a freight train in southern Netherlands, APA reports citing ANP.
Emergency services were at the scene in the town of Voorschoten, a village between The Hague and Amsterdam, ANP said.
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