One dead after passenger train hits crane and derails

BBC reported that one person was killed and 19 passengers taken to hospital when an inter-city train collided with a crane and derailed outside The Hague.

Emergency services said the train was carrying about 50 people when the train derailed near the village of Voorschoten. The accident was the worst on Dutch railways for years and King Willem-Alexander later visited the scene. Residents looked after some of the passengers with minor injuries.

The crash happened at about 03:25 local time (01:25 GMT) on Tuesday, tearing apart the NS passenger train and bringing down one of the overhead power lines. A goods train also collided with the crane, which was being used for repairs to two of four railway tracks near Voorschoten.