Several dozen individuals injured in the incident are being handled on the scene.
LONDON — One individual is useless and at the very least 30 individuals have been “seriously injured” after a passenger train carrying at the very least 50 individuals derailed following a collision with construction equipment in the Netherlands.
The accident occurred close to Voorschoten, a village between The Hague and Amsterdam, at roughly 3:30 a.m. native time on Tuesday morning when the train hit a construction crane on the tracks and derailed, a Dutch railway spokesperson advised ABC News.
It is at the moment unclear why there was construction equipment on the tracks however an investigation into the crash is underway.
Several dozen individuals who had been injured in the incident had been being handled on the scene of the crash whereas others who suffered extra critical accidents had been instantly taken to a neighborhood space hospital, authorities mentioned.
Images confirmed individuals utilizing makeshift bridges and ladders to cross a slender drainage canal working alongside the rails to succeed in the stricken four-carriage passenger train in the darkness.
Specialists are at the moment working to safe the train and have requested the general public to remain away from the crash web site presently.
ABC News’ Will Gretsky and Aicha El Hammar contributed to this report.