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Dutch rail crash: Several hurt as passenger and freight trains collide Dutch rail crash: Several hurt as passenger train derails
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Several people have been injured - some seriously - after a passenger train and a freight train collided in the western Netherlands, local media report. Several people have been injured - some seriously - after a passenger train derailed in the western Netherlands.
They say the incident happened in the village of Voorschoten at about 03:30 local time (01:30 GMT) on Tuesday. Emergency services say the overnight crash happened after the train with about 50 people hit construction equipment in the village of Voorschoten.
Emergency services and medics are now working on the scene, helping the injured. The passenger train derailed after the collision. Earlier reports had said this followed a collision with a freight train.
It was not immediately known what caused the collision. 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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