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Dutch rail crash: Several hurt as passenger train derails | |
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Several people have been injured - some seriously - after a passenger train derailed in the western Netherlands. | |
Emergency services say the overnight crash happened after the train with about 50 people hit construction equipment in the village of Voorschoten. | |
Earlier reports had said this followed a collision with a freight train. | |
Emergency services and medics are now working on the scene, helping the injured. | |
Pictures form the scene showed overturned carriages, and a plume of smoke rising in the night sky. | Pictures form the scene showed overturned carriages, and a plume of smoke rising in the night sky. |
Several ambulances are seen standing ready to transport the injured. | Several ambulances are seen standing ready to transport the injured. |
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Voorschoten lies between The Hague and Amsterdam. | Voorschoten lies between The Hague and Amsterdam. |
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Netherlands | Netherlands |