At least one individual was killed and 30 others injured in a high-speed passenger prepare accident within the Netherlands early Tuesday.
The crash befell round 3:30 a.m. (1:30 a.m. GMT) near the village of Voorschoten, about 8 kilometers (5 miles) north of The Hague.
The prepare had slammed into heavy development gear and derailed, Dutch emergency companies stated.
The double-decker prepare was touring between Amsterdam and The Hague and was carrying some 60 folks.
“One person has died and at least 30 people have been injured. The seriously injured are being taken to hospital, while 11 are at homes of nearby residents,” Hollands Midden emergency companies stated.
“Specialists are working to secure the train.”
Images from the scene and news studies confirmed a entrance carriage, which landed on a area, whereas a second carriage flipped on its facet.
One carriage was suspended over a small ditch with water. A 3rd carriage remained upright, whereas a fourth caught hearth, the ANP news company stated.
Services on the busy hyperlink, utilized by trains working from Amsterdam to Brussels and Paris have been halted and won’t resume till the afternoon, rail officers stated.
Several ambulances and a helicopter had been deployed to take significantly injured passengers to the hospital.
“We heard a loud bang and suddenly the lights went out,” an unidentified witness informed the native Omroep West tv news.
“We couldn’t initially get out of the train because there was no electricity,” stated the person, who appeared in a state of shock.
“Eventually we got after what felt like hours,” the person added.
The Netherland’s worst prepare catastrophe occurred on Jan. 8, 1962, when two passenger trains crashed at Harmelen, close to the central metropolis of Utrecht, killing 93 folks and injuring 52 others.
That accident occurred in thick fog when a prepare driver missed a warning sign and the 2 trains hit head-on.
One individual was killed and 6 others had been injured when a prepare collided with a hydraulic crane within the central Netherlands in 2016.
Another individual died and 117 others had been injured in a collision close to Amsterdam in April 2012 with studies later saying a driver did not respect a cease signal.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
