AT LEAST one individual has been killed and round 30 injured after a passenger prepare derailed and burst into flames.
Passengers have been left screaming in terror because the prepare left the tracks within the early hours of the morning close to the village of Voorschhoten within the Netherlands.
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As much as 50 individuals on board have been trapped within the darkness in overturned carriages after the prepare slammed into development gear.
It was travelling to The Hague from Leiden when it collided with the equipment at round 3.25am native time this morning.
A fireplace is believed to have then damaged out within the rear carriages of the double-decker prepare after it derailed.
Chilling pictures from the scene present plumes of black smoke billowing from the wreckage after it burst into flames.
The entrance carriage seems to have left the tracks and ploughed right into a discipline, whereas the second landed on its facet.
Ambulance companies, together with a trauma helicopter, rushed to the scene to take probably the most significantly injured passengers to hospital.
Hollands Midden emergency companies mentioned at the least 30 injured passengers have been being handled on scene.
“The significantly injured are being taken to hospital, whereas 11 are at houses of close by residents,” they added.
“Specialists are working to safe the prepare.”
The demise toll and severity of accidents sustained was not instantly clear.
One witness described the second of terror as individuals scrambled within the darkness when the prepare crashed.
The unidentified traveller instructed the native Omroep West tv information channel: “We heard a loud bang and all of a sudden the lights went out.
“We couldn’t initially get out of the prepare as a result of there was no electrical energy.”
