Train Derailment in The Hague Kills One Dead, Multiple Injured!

By Elena Gilbert On Apr 7, 2023

Early on Tuesday, a passenger train near The Hague crashed into a construction crane and derailed two cars into a field next to the tracks. According to Dutch emergency services, 19 people were hospitalized and one died.

To determine whether a crime had been committed, the police launched an investigation. To determine what caused the crash, a new independent investigation was launched.

Video pictures showed people navigating a constrained drainage canal beside the rails using makeshift bridges and ladders in the pitch black to reach the derailed train. The railway cars’ windows were shattered in large numbers. It was unclear if that occurred during the collision or as passengers attempted to flee.

Two strikingly colored train cars—bright yellow and blue—came to rest parallel to the rails across the narrow canal and partially in a field. As it appeared to be, the front of the train was severely harmed. The train partially derailed in other places.

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Immediately following the collision, video footage from inside the train captured frantic scenes as passengers struggled to escape the rubble in the dark.

Willem-Alexander, the king of the Netherlands, and Queen Maxima also tweeted their condolences, and Willem-Alexander personally visited the scene late on Tuesday morning.

At the time of the collision, the four-carriage passenger train was hauling around 50 passengers.

According to John Voppen, CEO of the rail network business Pro Rail, a crane that was being used for maintenance work was struck by a passenger train and a freight train.

According to him, it is unclear how the trains crashed with the crane because it was on rails not used by railway traffic. At a press conference, he addressed the assembled media, “We don’t understand how this could have happened.

It took some time before the accident victim’s identity was made public. But, according to Dutch media, the individual was a maintenance crew member from the railway’s building company, BAM. When contacted for confirmation, the business did not answer the phone immediately.

When the crash occurred at roughly 3:25 a.m. (0125 GMT) in the village of Voorschoten, the maintenance crew was working on the lines connecting the cities of Leiden and The Hague.

A passenger train, a freight train, and a construction crane were all engaged in a collision, according to a statement from the railway firm NS, but no more information was provided.

“Like everyone else, I’m full of questions and we want to know exactly what happened,” NS CEO Wouter Koolmees said in a statement. “A thorough investigation must be carried out. At the moment, all attention is focused on the well-being of our travelers and colleagues.”

Eleven of the injured passengers were treated in nearby homes, according to the regional emergency services coordinator, and 19 others were sent in a fleet of ambulances to five hospitals, including a “calamity hospital” set up in the city center of Utrecht.

“A terrible train accident near Voorschoten, where unfortunately one person died and many people were injured. My thoughts are with the relatives and with all the victims. I wish them all the best,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said in a tweet.

A little fire started at the back of the train, according to Ingrid de Roos, a spokeswoman for the neighborhood fire department, but it was immediately put out.

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