Several people have been injured – some seriously – after a passenger train derailed in the western Netherlands.
Emergency services say the overnight crash happened after the train transporting about 50 people hit construction equipment in the village of Voorschoten.
Earlier reports had said this followed a collision with a freight train.
Emergency services and medics are now working on the scene, helping the injured.
The crash happened at about 03:30 local time (01:30 GMT) on Tuesday.
Pictures from the scene showed overturned carriages, and a plume of smoke rising in the night sky.
Several ambulances were seen standing ready to transport the injured.
Officials from the Dutch Safety Board, a body that conducts independent investigations into accidents, have been dispatched to the crash scene.
Voorschoten lies between The Hague and Amsterdam.
The NRC newspaper reported that no trains were currently running between The Hague and Leiden because of the crash.
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