Dalfsen train crash
2016 level crossing collision in the Netherlands
The Dalfsen train crash occurred on 23 February 2016 when a passenger train collided with a tracked elevated work platform on a level crossing at Dalfsen, Overijssel, Netherlands. One person was killed and six were injured, one seriously.
Accident
At 08:50 CET (07:50 UTC), a passenger train collided with an elevated work platform at Dalfsen, Overijssel, Netherlands. The crane, from company Van den Brink in Barneveld, was being driven slowly across the single-track line when it was hit by the train. Its driver had waited at the crossing while a westbound train passed, but then started to cross and was hit by an eastbound train. The train involved was a Spurt GTW 2/8 train, travelling from Zwolle to Coevorden. All four vehicles were derailed. At the time of the crash, the train had fifteen passengers on board. One person, the driver of the train, was killed. Six were injured, with one person sustaining serious injuries.
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