At least one person was killed and 30 injured, when a passenger train carrying about 50 people derailed in the Netherlands early Tuesday after hitting construction equipment on the track.

Iran PressEurope: Rescue teams were seen ferrying away the injured in the pre-dawn darkness at the scene of the accident at Voorschoten, a village near The Hague. The accident happened around 3:25 a.m., the emergency services said.

A fire department spokesperson told Dutch radio that 19 people were taken to the hospital. Others were being treated on the spot, the emergency services said.

There were conflicting reports about the cause of the accident.

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