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		</div><p>One person died and 30 passengers were injured when a train derailed near The Hague in the early hours of Tuesday, sending two carriages into a field next to the track, Dutch emergency services said.</p>
<p>Television images showed people using makeshift bridges to cross a canal running alongside the rails to reach the train in the darkness.</p>
<p>Many windows in the train carriages were broken but it was not clear if that happened during the incident or as passengers attempted to escape.</p>
<p>Photos from the scene showed two of the bright yellow and blue train carriages perpendicular to the tracks lying across a small canal and partially in a field.</p>
<p>The four-carriage train was carrying about 50 passengers at the time of the crash.</p>
<p>A freight train was also stopped on the track close to the wreckage of the passenger train between the cities of Leiden and The Hague.</p>
<figure id="attachment_178414" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-178414" style="width: 799px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/897384C2-6552-43A8-8D1B-6D611C6491C6.jpeg" alt="" width="799" height="514" class="size-full wp-image-178414" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-178414" class="wp-caption-text">The cause of the crash is being investigated</figcaption></figure>
<p>The exact cause of the incident that happened at around 3.25am local time in the town of Voorschoten was not immediately clear.</p>
<p>Railway company NS said in a statement said a passenger train, a freight train and a construction crane were involved in a collision but the company gave no further details.</p>
<p>“Like everyone else, I’m full of questions and we want to know exactly what happened,” NS chief executive Wouter Koolmees said.</p>
<p>“A thorough investigation must be carried out. At the moment, all attention is focused on the well-being of our travellers and colleagues.”</p>
<p>The regional coordinator of emergency services said that 11 of the injured passengers were treated in homes near the line and the others were taken in a fleet of ambulances to hospitals, including a “calamity hospital” opened in the central city of Utrecht.</p>
<p>The local fire brigade tweeted after the crash that it appeared to be a collision between a passenger train and “building material”.</p>
<p>“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.</p>
<p>Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima also expressed their sympathy in a tweet.</p>
<p>Ingrid de Roos, a spokeswoman for local fire services, told news show WNL that a small fire broke out at the rear of the train but was quickly extinguished.</p>
<p>John Voppen, chief executive of the rail network company Pro Rail, called the incident “a black day for Dutch railways” and said the cause was under investigation.</p>
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