One dead and 19 in hospital after Dutch train derails in crane crash

At least one person died in the crash (Peter Dejong/AP)

One person died and 19 were treated in hospital after a Dutch passenger train hit a construction crane and derailed near The Hague in the early hours of Tuesday, sending two carriages into a field next to the tracks.

Police have opened an investigation to establish if any crime was committed while an independent probe has begun into the cause of the crash.