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| Dutch rail crash: Several hurt as passenger train derails | 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. | 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 transporting about 50 people hit construction equipment in the village of Voorschoten. | |
| Earlier reports had said this followed a collision with a freight train. | 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. | Emergency services and medics are now working on the scene, helping the injured. |
| The crash happened at about 03:30 local time (01:30 GMT) on Tuesday. | |
| Pictures from the scene showed overturned carriages, and a plume of smoke rising in the night sky. | |
| Several ambulances were seen standing ready to transport the injured. | |
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| Officials from the Dutch Safety Board, a body that conducts independent investigations into accidents, have been dispatched to the crash scene. | |
| Voorschoten lies between The Hague and Amsterdam. | Voorschoten lies between The Hague and Amsterdam. |
| The NRC newspaper reported that no trains were currently running between The Hague and Leiden because of the crash. | |
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| Netherlands | Netherlands |