Video: One Killed, 30 Injured After Train Derails in Netherlands
05:50 GMT 04.04.2023 (Updated: 08:19 GMT 04.04.2023)
© AP Photo / Peter DejongDeserted railway platforms are seen at Utrecht central station as train services came to a near standstill in the latest in a series of strikes by railway workers hits the Netherlands, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022.
© AP Photo / Peter Dejong
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - One person was killed and 30 others were injured after a passenger train derailed in the Netherlands, media reported on Tuesday, citing Dutch emergency services.
A passenger train with about 50 people derailed early on Tuesday after hitting construction equipment on the track near the village of Voorschoten near The Hague, Reuters said.
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— Chaudhary Parvez (@ChaudharyParvez) April 4, 2023
About 30 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 near the village of #Voorschoten pic.twitter.com/JzksHR2VGK
The cause is yet to be established.