Dutch rail crash: One dead after passenger train hits crane and derails

At least one person has been killed and about 30 injured - some seriously - after a passenger train derailed in the western Netherlands, El.kz cites BBC.

Emergency services say the overnight crash happened after the train transporting about 50 people hit a construction crane near the village of Voorschoten.

A freight train is also reported to have been damaged.

Some people were treated at the scene but 19 have been taken to hospital.

The crash happened at about 03:25 local time (01:25 GMT) on Tuesday.

The BBC's correspondent in The Hague, Anna Holligan, has said that this sort of incident is extremely rare in the Netherlands, where the rail systems are generally very safe.

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