(UPDATED) VOORSCHOTEN, Netherlands: A Dutch high-speed passenger train slammed into heavy construction equipment and derailed near The Hague on Tuesday morning, killing at least one person and injuring 30, emergency services said.

The train traveling from the city of Leiden to The Hague hit a crane on the track near the village of Voorschoten at about 3:30 a.m. (9:30 a.m. in Manila), while a freight train separately collided with the equipment, rail operators said.

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