Investigation underway into Dutch train collision that killed one, injured dozens

Globe and Mail Sunday 22nd April, 2012

Officials in Amsterdam say a 68-year-old woman has died of injuries she sustained when two packed passenger trains collided head-on in the city. Investigators are probing the cause of the collision near an Amsterdam park that also left scores of people injured, many of them seriously. Amsterdam Mayor Eberhard van der Laan says 42 people were seriously injured in the crash Saturday evening between a double-decker intercity train and a comm...

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