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Dutch train crash injures 125: police
Source: Reuters
AMSTERDAM | Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:05pm EDT
(Reuters) - Almost 125 people were injured, many seriously, when two Dutch commuter trains crashed head-on in Amsterdam on Saturday, police said.
There were no immediate reports of fatalities, but of those injured, 13 suffered major injuries while 43 or 44 were badly injured, a spokesman said. About 70 suffered minor injuries.
A trauma helicopter was used to bring the injured to hospital, a spokesman for railways group NS said.
The trains did not serve Schiphol international airport, the NS spokesman added, but the accident disrupted airport train service.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/21/us-dutch-accident-trains-idUSBRE83K0HL20120421
