A Dutch passenger train rammed into a maintenance crane that stood on the railway tracks early on Tuesday near The Hague, killing the equipment operator and injuring dozens of passengers as the train derailed.
The maintenance work was planned and standard, but "we have no idea how the crane got on the track which was still open for traffic," John Voppen, the CEO of railway infrastructure firm ProRail, told a news conference.
Nineteen of those wounded were taken to hospital, while some of the others were treated on the spot or in nearby homes."The crane was part of maintenance work on two tracks which were closed for traffic, while two other of the total of four tracks remained open for train traffic," said ProRail's Voppen.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte and the Netherlands' royal family were among those who expressed their sympathy for the victims.
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