Fatal rail accident

A train driver died and seven people were injured yesterday in a rail accident in the Dutch town of Dalfsen. The passenger train collided with a mobile hydraulic platform, causing several coaches to overturn, a spokesman for the emergency services to
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A train driver died and seven people were injured yesterday in a rail accident in the Dutch town of Dalfsen. The passenger train collided with a mobile hydraulic platform, causing several coaches to overturn, a spokesman for the emergency services told Dutch radio.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on February 24, 2016, with the headline Fatal rail accident. Subscribe