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Dutch Grinding train accident

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Old 3rd September 2010, 19:26
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Dutch Grinding train accident

No one was hurt when this train runaway in Holland.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppJP7Ww6wkk

Sorry it is in Dutch, bu you don't need to understand Dutch to understand the video


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Old 4th September 2010, 12:09
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Old 4th September 2010, 13:33
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Ran the text through a translator, it's only rough but it says

Train oprijdt square in Stavoren
STAVOREN - a maintenance train of the Italian company Speno international has driven Sunday evening straight through a water sport shop in the Friese Stavoren and ensured a large ravage. In the train three Italianen and a Dutchman sat. Two of them touched slightly wounded. The Korps rural police forces (KLPD) and the research Council for security (OVV) examines the cause of the incident.
A maintenance train with four à five wagons Sunday evening straight through a shop a square has been opgereden at the station of the Friese plaatsje Stavoren. The ravage is enormous.
The Italian company works for track administrator ProRail. The train was Sunday busy with sharpening the track rails. Round half twelve at night he drove by the block-systemblock-system block-systems. The train beat a breach of approximately 30 meters widely in a water sport shop and pushed thereby an empty tank car, which stood behind the block-systemblock-system block-systems, for itself. The train shot through approximately hundred meters and finished on a square behind the shop.
THE OVV think that the study into the incident is set up large. „Given the ravage think we of a complete research. Certain knowing not yet does we it, we must collect firstly facts, thus a spokesman of the research Council. The Council wants hear also the inzittenden of the train. Formally is considered machine man the Italian as suspected, communicates the KLPD. The four men are later further heard, because they are been scared and geëmotioneerd now still at.
According to a spokesman of water sport shop large, where the train drove doorheen, the tank car on its fixed spot stood. The shop sells among other things fuel. „The carriage is always empty if he stands there, thus the spokesman. The whole shop has been devastated. The municipality Nijefurd, where Stavoren fall under, has damage to trees and standard lamps.
According to the expectations the train Monday night will be brought to an area where he is further examined. The engine and the wagons are lifted with a large tap. ProRail say want the complete continue working night. Tuesday evening at twelve o'clock must have been wound up the activities. The treinverkeer between Stavoren and Workum lay Monday the complete day quiet. Tuesday drives goes by train simply. telegraph

Stavoren is in Holland, http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&q=52...,0.087891&z=14
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