A passenger train disaster left one person dead and several more injured.

An overnight train crash in the Netherlands has claimed at least one life and left dozens of people injured, some of them seriously. The incident happened on Tuesday at around 3:25am (01:25 GMT) local time, as the night train from Leiden to The Hague was passing the town of Voorschoten. Images from the scene showed one carriage had plowed into a field while another could be seen lying tilted on the track. A small fire had broken out in the rear carriage, but had quickly been extinguished. According to Dutch Railways (NS), the train was carrying around 50 passengers, 30 of whom were injured.

There was initial speculation that the crash was caused by a collision with a freight train, but a regional emergency response body later suggested that a small construction crane may have been left on the track. The piece of equipment was found at the crash site, but its role in the tragedy is yet to be established conclusively.