Netherlands train crash: one dead and dozens injured after carriages derail

Authorities say at least 50 passengers were onboard train that crashed into a crane between The Hague and Leiden

A train in the Netherlands rammed into a maintenance crane on the tracks before it derailed and ploughed into a field, killing the crane operator and injuring dozens of passengers.

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 chief executive of the railway infrastructure company ProRail, said at a news briefing on Tuesday.