page_title: Sloterdijk train collision
section_title: Emergency response
hierarchical_section_title: Sloterdijk train collision / Emergency response
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Schade aan de Intercitytrein (VIRM 8711) nadat twee treinen waren gebotst bij het Westerpark in Amsterdam; 21 april 2012English: Damage to the Intercity train (VIRM 8711) after two trains collided at Westerpark, Amsterdam om April 21, 2012
context_page_description: On 21 April 2012 at 18:30 local time, two trains were involved in a head-on collision at Westerpark, near Sloterdijk, in the west of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Approximately 117 people were injured, one of whom later died in hospital. The collision is thought to have been caused by the driver of one of the trains having passed a red signal.
context_section_description: Emergency services were swiftly on the scene. Many people were rescued from the train wreckage either by using cranes or by being placed in a protective wrap, with some carried out on stretchers. A trauma helicopter was used to take some of the people to a nearby hospital. Many of the injured were treated on a bridge nearby. Those that had only minor injuries were taken to an Amsterdam hotel. People were reported to have suffered broken bones, bruising and neck injuries.
caption: Damage to the cab of the Class 8700 after the other train had been removed
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