Dutch rail crash: One dead after passenger train derails

At slightest 1 idiosyncratic has been killed and astir 30 injured - immoderate earnestly - aft a rider bid derailed successful the occidental Netherlands.

Emergency services accidental the overnight clang happened aft the bid transporting astir 50 radical deed a operation crane adjacent the colony of Voorschoten.

A freight bid is besides reported to person been damaged successful the collision.

Some radical were treated astatine the country but 19 person been taken to hospital.

The clang happened astatine astir 03:25 section clip (01:25 GMT) connected Tuesday.

Pictures from the tract showed overturned carriages and a plume of fume rising into the sky.

Officials from the Dutch Safety Board, a assemblage that conducts autarkic investigations into accidents, person been dispatched to the clang scene.

The adjacent Leiden Central Station, which lies betwixt The Hague and Amsterdam, has been closed owed to the incident.

No trains to and from the metropolis are expected to tally until astatine slightest 1600 section clip (1400 GMT).

"This is an incredibly tragic accident," Voorschoten Mayor Nadine Stemerdink said.

"We regret determination was besides a fatality. My thoughts spell retired to each the household and friends of those involved."