A passenger train derailed in the Netherlands on Tuesday after it collided with a hydraulic crane, leaving the train driver dead and seven people injured, local officials said.
The accident happened around 8:45 am (0745 GMT) close to the northeastern town of Dalfsen, about 40 kilometres (24 miles) from the German border.
Television images showed pictures of several carriages lying on their side next to fields as emergency staff worked nearby.
"One person was killed... and I can confirm it was the driver," mayor Han Noten told a press conference.
A criminal investigation has been opened into why the crane was on the track, and the crane driver has been arrested and is being questioned by police, he said.
Two people were taken to hospital, while five others were treated on the spot. Seven or eight other passengers escaped unscathed.
"The crash was violent," the mayor added, saying the commuter train was "travelling at speed" when it hit the crane which was moving across the tracks over a "secure crossing".
He said there were not many people on the train, adding that the service is often full in the evening, but relatively empty in the morning.
A witness told Dutch broadcaster NOS the crane was on caterpillar tracks and was moving very slowly as it crossed the railway line when the train arrived.
The driver of the crane had managed to jump out before the collision.
"The front of the train is completely destroyed," one witness told NOS, adding the crane was in pieces.
Train services along the line had been cut and the disruption could last several days.
Dutch train operator NS said there had been "major damage and it's impossible to say when repairs can begin".
Infrastructure Minister Sharon Dijksma said she was "shocked" by the accident, the Dutch news agency ANP said.
The Netherlands' worst train disaster happened on January 8, 1962, when two passenger trains crashed at Harmelen, near the central city of Utrecht, killing 93 people and injuring 52 others.
That accident happened in thick fog when a train driver missed a warning signal and the two trains hit head-on.
One person died and 117 others were injured in a collision near Amsterdam in April 2012 with reports later saying a driver failed to respect a stop sign.
AFP
Tue Feb 23 2016
The commuter train was "travelling at speed" when it hit the crane which was moving across the tracks over a "secure crossing". -AFP
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