Train Derailment Near The Hague Kills 1

VOORSCHOTEN, Netherlands (AP) — A train has derailed near the Dutch city of The Hague, killing one person and injuring some 30 passengers, many of them seriously. At least two carriages came to rest in a field next to the tracks after the accident in the early hours on Tuesday. Television images showed people using makeshift bridges to cross a canal running alongside the rails to reach the stricken train in the darkness. The cause of the accident that happened around 3:25 a.m. in the town of Voorschoten, near The Hague, is not immediately clear.Dutch media reported that there was a small construction crane on the tracks, but authorities did not immediately confirm that.