There are no statistics available for this player Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Music soars; letters change hands; cosmetics are sold; secrets revealed; and finally,under twinkling Christmas lights The gorgeous Golden Agemusical SHE LOVES ME is playing at the American School of The Hague on 22 Two clerks in a small parfumerie in 1930’s Budapest simply can’t stop bickering While they irritate each other relentlessly during their work day each of them goes home in the evening to pour their hearts out in letters to their anonymous pen-pals Little do they know they’re writing -- and falling in love -- with each other!SHE LOVES ME is a musical adaptation of the same Hungarian play (Parfumerie by MikósLázló) that inspired popular films such as The Shop Around the Corner (1940) or You’ve GotMail (1989).  This beautifully-written jewel of a musical from 1963 has become a cult classic among musical theater fans because of its realistic its powerful moments of emotional connection and instrumentalists -- the show is accompanied by a live 14-piece orchestra made up of students and faculty members-- have been working on the production since May.  ASH students also help build sets,costumes and props under the guidance of thetalented musicians technicians and theatermakers on the ASH staff Being involved in the musical is a yearly tradition for many ASH students a 12th grader,says ASH musicals have taught her “skills I’ll use for the rest of my life -- like how to workwith people of different ages how to use singing and acting tocreate a character SHE LOVES ME is the 10th musical directed at ASH by Katrina Middelburg Middelburg “was charmed by the glorious music but the characters truly drew meto the script we see how this group of colleagues care for each other.The feeling of community That’s what gives this show its heart.”Local community members consider the theater productions at ASH a well-kept secret for an entertaining night out “I have come to see the ASH musicals for years,” says Jean Kwok who also happens to be a NYT best-selling novelist “I am always blown away by the quality of the productions and the productions look and sound fantastic I regularly forget I’m watching a high schoolshow!” SHE LOVES ME will be performed at the American School of The Hague in Wassenaar on November 22 Tickets are 10 Euros and can be reserved at mpilk@ash.nl ellen@voorschotensekrant.nl redactie@voorschotensekrant.nl Druk dan op onderstaande knop om gratis push notificaties in te schakelen During railworks, the Dutch government “focuses too one-sidedly on the availability of the track” and too little on the safety of rail workers, the Dutch Safety Board (OVV) concluded after an extensive analysis of the train accident at Voorschoten on 4 April 2023 The OVV could not conclusively determine the direct cause of the accident. However, it did conclude that maintenance happening while trains continued to drive past the work played a role. “Workers had to cross tracks that were in service to get to their work location,” the OVV said Workers were also dependent on “error-prone oral communication” for information on when and how they could cross active tracks the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment is too focused on keeping train tracks accessible for the transport of passengers and goods during maintenance and other railworks receive insufficient attention,” the OVV said “The Dutch railway is among the safest in the world things go wrong or almost go wrong on the track,” OVV chairman Chris van Dam said The OVV recommended that the railway sector “put much more effort” into registering and analyzing accidents and near misses ProRail should also pay more attention to the additional safety risks associated with railworks at night “especially when awarding contracts to contractors Extra special attention should be paid to freelancers here “The OVV’s investigation shows that they are used excessively” on night shifts in the sector partly because they are not covered by the Working Hours Act SEARCHThe global authority in superyachting Mulder Shipyard opened it second yard in Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk in 2013, to complement its other construction facility 10 kilometres away in Voorschoten. The new yard focuses on the maintenance, refitting and construction of yachts from 18 to 45 metres. The Voorschoten yard continues to build and maintain smaller yachts. Mulder Shipyard was founded in 1938 by Dirk Mulder, and continues to be a successful member of the Dutch yacht-building family of builders. A Mulder family member still runs the operation, and this traditional family business owes its reputation to the classic Super Favorite Cruisers, the later Favorite Superieur and a wide range of custom and semi-custom luxury motoryachts. Mulder Shipyard’s primary business is designing and building yachts for clients worldwide, utilising unique shapes and developing efficient systems, all on time and within the budget. SubscribeSign up to our newslettersSign up to BOAT International email newsletters to get the latest superyacht news Boat International Media Ltd © 2008 - 2025 Content presented under the "BOAT Presents" logo is an advertising feature and Boat International Limited has been paid to include this content One person has died and some 30 passengers are injured after a train partially derailed near the Dutch city of The Hague At least one person died and some 30 passengers were injured in the early hours when a train partially derailed sending at least one carriage into a field next to the tracks A bicyclist looks at the accident site where at least one person died and some 30 passengers were injured in the early hours when a train partially derailed Netherlands (AP) — A passenger train slammed into 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 opened an investigation to establish if any crime was committed Another independent probe was opened into the cause of the crash Television images showed people using temporary bridges and ladders to cross a narrow drainage canal running alongside the rails to reach the stricken train in the darkness Many windows in the train carriages were broken It was not clear if that happened during the accident or as passengers attempted to escape Two of the bright yellow and blue train carriages came to rest perpendicular to the tracks across the small canal and partially in a field What appeared to be the front of the train was badly damaged Other parts of the train were partially derailed Video footage from inside the train in the immediate aftermath of the crash showed chaotic scenes as passengers tried to get out of the wreckage in darkness Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima also expressed their sympathy in a tweet and Willem-Alexander visited the site late Tuesday morning The four-carriage passenger train was carrying about 50 passengers at the time of the crash said that the passenger train and a freight train both hit a crane that was being used to carry out maintenance work He said the crane was on tracks that were not being used by train traffic and it is not clear how the trains collided with the crane “We don’t understand how this could have happened,” he told reporters at a news conference The identity of the person killed in the accident was not immediately released But Dutch media reported that the person was part of a maintenance team from construction company BAM working on the railway The company did not immediately return a call seeking confirmation Railway company NS also said in a statement that a passenger train a freight train and a construction crane were involved in a collision I’m full of questions and we want to know exactly what happened,” NS CEO Wouter Koolmees said in a statement “A thorough investigation must be carried out all attention is focused on the wellbeing of our travelers and colleagues.” The regional coordinator of emergency services said that 11 of the injured passengers were treated in homes near the line and 19 were transported in a fleet of ambulances to five hospitals including a “calamity hospital” opened in the central city of Utrecht “A terrible train accident near Voorschoten where unfortunately one person died and many people were injured My thoughts are with the relatives and with all the victims I wish them all the best,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said in a tweet told news show WNL that a small fire broke out at the rear of the train but was quickly extinguished You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has issued a fine of €30,000 to the municipality of Voorschoten because the municipality retained information on the waste generated by individual households for much longer than was necessary and did not properly inform residents that it was doing so In 2018 and 2019 the municipality of Voorschoten replaced wheelie bins (for houses) and underground containers (for apartment buildings) The new wheelie bins and tokens for underground containers have a chip with a number each of which is linked to a specific address The aim is to collect more household rubbish separately by limiting the amount of residual waste residents are permitted to deposit.  If a household tries to have their wheelie bin emptied more than once every two weeks,  the refuse truck will not accept it if apartment residents try to deposit more than 5 bags of residual waste on 1 day the underground container will be blocked for the rest of the day the ‘deposit data’ of each household needs to be stored for a while.  this is in keeping with the municipality’s public task was that the municipality stored the data for too long Data on the wheelie bins was stored from the date the new system was introduced This is much longer than is needed to check whether a household has exceeded the permitted amounts.  the municipality did not correctly inform the residents about its use of their data The municipality did send letters about the new containers and tokens but was not clear enough about the use of personal data in rubbish collection The municipality has now reduced the period for which data is retained to 14 days The municipality of Voorschoten can lodge an objection to the fine Authorities say at least 50 passengers were onboard train that crashed into a crane between The Hague and Leiden A train in the Netherlands rammed into a maintenance crane on the tracks before it derailed and ploughed into a field killing the crane operator and injuring dozens of passengers The maintenance work was planned and standard but “we have no idea how the crane got on the track which was still open for traffic” the chief executive of the railway infrastructure company ProRail Rescue teams ferried away the injured in pre-dawn darkness at the scene of the incident in Voorschoten The crash happened about 3.25am (1.25am BST) Some of the injured were treated on the spot and 19 were taken to hospital Train services would be suspended for days between The Hague and Leiden one of the busiest routes in the Netherlands “The crane was part of maintenance work on two tracks which were closed for traffic while two other of the total of four tracks remained open for train traffic,” Voppen said 0:52Drone footage shows derailed train after crash in Netherlands – videoSeveral investigations had been launched to understand reasons for the crash took place and to avoid it happening again The Dutch construction group BAM told the newspaper NRC and the ANP news agency that one of their employees died in the crash It did not immediately respond to a request for comment The driver of the passenger train was in hospital with bone fractures The front carriage of the night train from Leiden city to The Hague derailed and ploughed into a field A fire broke out near the train but was soon extinguished and the Netherlands royal family were among those who expressed their sympathy for the victims “My thoughts are with the relatives and with all the victims I wish them all the best,” Rutte said in a tweet “We deeply sympathise with all of them,” King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima said One person died and 30 got hurt in a train accident in Voorschoten on Tuesday morning. The train derailed after it crashed into a small construction crane on the track. Emergency services took 19 of the injured to hospitals. The other 11 were treated at the scene, Veilgheidsregio Hollands-Midden said The train crash happened around 3:25 a.m., involving an intercity train with around 50 people on board, according to NS. Two of the train’s four wagons are lying next to the rails, a spokesperson for the Veiligheidsregio, the local safety office, told broadcaster NOS The train was on its way from Leiden to The Hague A fire broke out in one wagon and has since been extinguished A freight train also collided with the construction equipment Emergency services responded to the scene in large numbers The passengers were evacuated and treated on-site or taken to a hospital where necessary nothing is known about the identity of the person who died The accident halted train traffic to and from Leiden Central Station until at least 4:00 p.m Only after the train is removed can ProRail assess the damage to the track and give an estimate on when it will be repaired Much is still uncertain about the train accident in Voorschoten that left one person dead and some 30 hurt became clear in a press conference on the incident on Tuesday morning An NS intercity train and a freight train collided with a construction train at the site for rail works on two unused tracks ProRail CEO John Voppen said at the press conference The police also launched a criminal investigation The person killed was an employee of the construction company BAM, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to NRC The construction crane involved in the collision also belonged to the company the spokesperson confirmed but could say nothing further about the victim’s identity Voppen said he was “100 percent sure” that the crane was not on the tracks used by trains but he couldn’t say how the trains then collided with it “I’ve been working on the rail for 17 years and I’ve never experienced anything like this,” Voppen said “The construction crane did not stand on the tracks used by trains The police and the Dutch Safety Board are investigating what happened The investigation will focus on how the accident occurred if the crane was supposed to be on one of two tracks taken out of service for maintenance leaving two other tracks available for overnight passenger and freight train traffic The investigation should also show if the crane was positioned where it was supposed to be and if the trains were on railroad track sections that were in service The initial investigation suggested that the freight train first struck the crane which then went flying off the track it was on and wound up in the path of the passenger train The NS passenger train was headed southbound from Leiden The police are also investigating whether any criminal offenses have been committed a police spokesperson said at the press conference “We cannot say anything meaningful about that at the moment,” she said the regional fire department commander and the head of the Hollands-Midden Security Region confirmed there were 19 people hospitalized including some who suffered severe injuries and others who suffered minor injuries All of the victims had left the scene within two hours of the accident we could prepare the location for investigation Everyone at the press conference expressed concerns and support for the victims and their loved ones “I am shocked by what happened,” NS CEO Wouter Koolmees said “Our train driver is hospitalized with broken bones Two conductors are doing well under the circumstances We wish the injured passengers a lot of strength.” we have a lot of questions,” Koolmees said “We are fully cooperating with the investigations to see what happened and what caused it.” Voppen said that the train crash would halt train traffic between Leiden and The Hague for days The damage to the infrastructure is enormous Five of the over 30 people who got hurt in a train accident in Voorschoten on Tuesday are still in the hospital, the regional consultation for the acute care chain ROAZ said. One victim is still in intensive care, NU.nl reports Those who got hurt can receive aftercare and support from Victim Support Netherlands 32 travelers and others involved made use of this NS promised to send a flower to all affected travelers An information meeting for local residents happened in Voorschoten on Thursday evening and experts from the crisis organizations involved in the accident’s aftermath The officials answered locals' questions and the atmosphere was positive was all a municipal spokesperson would say to NU.nl At around 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a freight train collided with a construction crane on the tracks at Voorschoten. The wreckage of the crane ended up on another track, where an NS intercity crashed into it and derailed. One person, the 65-year-old driver of the crane The driver was employed by the construction company BAM and the crane also belonged to the company Due to the accident, no trains will run between Leiden and The Hauge until at least April 18 ProRail needs time to repair the extensive damage to the infrastructure The rail manager hopes to start salvaging those train cars on Tuesday evening Of the two trainsets likely to be transported on Tuesday morning one was still on the track after the accident ProRail straightened and set the other one back on the track - on new wheelsets - on Monday afternoon using two cranes from lifting and transport company Marmoet The two train cars will be driven to the nearby The Hague station to turn around and will then go to their final destination in Amersfoort ProRail hopes to start salvaging the other two train cars on Tuesday evening The rail manager postponed that work due to strong winds The meteorological institute KNMI expects wind force 6 in the coastal provinces on Tuesday which equates to sustained wind speeds between 39 and 49 kilometers per hour ProRail hopes the wind will die down by the evening The two train cars in the meadow will be transported to a nearby company on a special platform There they will be loaded onto trucks and transported to Amersfoort Once all four train cars have been removed, ProRail can start repairing the track, platform, overhead lines, and underground safety system. ProRail expects this to take until at least April 18 Train traffic between The Hague and Leiden can only resume once the repairs are done Last week Tuesday, a freight train and an NS intercity collided with a construction crane in Voorschoten The passenger train derailed and partially ended up in the meadow ProRail removed the last cars of the freight train on Thursday This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The railroad maintenance crane that was struck by two different trains on Tuesday morning had arrived too early despite an earlier agreement it was either on or near the active track while train traffic was still running the vehicle was hit by a freight train moments later according to a first factual accounting of the incident that ProRail shared with the other parties involved A copy of the railroad infrastructure firm's report was obtained by newswire ANP on Friday Two of the four tracks on the route were out of service for a railroad maintenance project The overview of facts states that the maintenance contractor asked the ProRail train traffic controller at 3:23 a.m to stop traffic for a short period of time so that the railroad crane The controller replied "that this will be possible in 10 minutes." In the factual review the contractor said that they would wait for an an update from the train traffic controller the crane ended up near or on the track that was being used by the DB freight train within that time frame the KROL then arrives on or close to the track in service and is hit by the freight train," the document stated "The necessary off-time schedule had not yet been realised." After the collision with the freight train the crane then wound up on the track where a NS Intercity passenger train was traveling in the southbound direction towards The Hague About thirty passengers on the intercity were injured and nineteen people were hospitalized train traffic between Leiden and The Hague will be shut down until at least April 18 Contractors are still building a temporary bridge and road to move two derailed NS cars out of the meadow where they came to rest A spokesperson for BAM said he would not comment on the report saying the company will "await the results of further investigations." 3:23 a.m.: The contractor's on-site safety manager contacts the ProRail train traffic controller with the request to briefly put the tracks next to the worksite out of service so that the crane can safely cross The train controller replies that this will be possible in 10 minutes The workplace safety manager gives instructions to wait for a call from the train traffic controller the crane then arrives too early on or close to the track in service and is hit by the freight train the crane ends up on the track where the NS passenger train is approaching 3:29 a.m.: The operations control center for infrastructure (OBI) calls the train traffic controller with the report that several overhead lines have failed It is asked whether there is still train traffic between The Hague and Leiden 3:31 a.m.: The Railroad Control Room calls the train traffic controller to ask whether an incident has occurred at Voorschoten The train traffic controller replies that he is not aware of an incident but that he has received a report from the OBI that the overhead line voltage has been lost 3:31 and 3:32 a.m.: The train traffic controller calls the freight train the passenger train and the train behind the freight train 3:34 a.m.: The driver of the train behind the freight train calls back that the power has been lost just before Mariahoeve 3:36 a.m.: The Railroad Control Room contacts the train controller again The control room says that the fire brigade has been informed that a crane has been hit and that the NS control room reports that the NS train has derailed   The site where a passenger train derailed in Voorschoten VOORSCHOTEN--A Dutch passenger train rammed into a maintenance crane that stood on the railway tracks early on Tuesday in Voorschoten killing the equipment operator and injuring dozens of passengers as the train derailed but “we have no idea how the crane got on the track which was still open to traffic,” John Voppen the chief executive officer of railway infrastructure company ProRail The front carriage of the night train from Leiden to The Hague ploughing into a field by the village of Voorschoten The double-decker train’s windows were smashed There was panic on the train after the crash but emergency services were quick to arrive and evacuate people said Ingrid de Roos of the Hollands-Midden emergency services Nineteen of those wounded were taken to hospitals while some of the others were treated on the spot or in nearby homes The accident happened around 3:25am Central European Time (CET) Rescue operations underway following the derailment of a passenger train after it hit construction equipment on the track in Voorschoten while two other of the total of four tracks remained open for train traffic,” said ProRail’s Voppen “I have been working in the rail industry for years and I don’t understand how this could have happened We are going to launch a full inquiry,” he said Dutch construction group BAM confirmed that an employee had died in the accident chief executive officer of Dutch railways NS Wouter Koolmees said at the news conference Three of those injured in the train crash are seriously ill in intensive care Dutch public broadcaster NOS said Tuesday evening Their condition was described as “extremely serious Most of those who were hospitalised have since been allowed home NS officials said there will be no trains between Leiden and The Hague until at least April 11 while investigators try to work out what happened and repairs to the track are carried out Buses will be brought in on the busy route between the two cities The Safety Council will lead the investigation into the crash Police said they would also assess if there was any basis for filing criminal charges and report their findings to the Prosecutor’s Office The investigation will focus on how the crane came to be on an active line “A terrible accident in Voorschoten,” Prime Minister Mark Rutte tweeted He expressed support for the victims and their loved ones we are with the victims of the train accident in Voorschoten and their families Many are currently in fear and uncertainty We sympathise intensely with all of them,” said King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima in a brief statement released by the Dutch Royal House “It looked like a movie,” Anwar Akrouh (20) one of the passengers on the NS intercity train said I also helped someone who was in a lot of pain the emergency services were there after 10 minutes The accident shook Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Mark Harbers and State Secretary Vivianne Heijnen they expressed condolences and strength to the victims and their loved ones Harbers also expressed thanks to the emergency services “My thoughts are also with the rail- and train employees that experienced this terrible action while at work I wish them a lot of strength,” said Heijnen “This is truly an incredibly tragic accident,” said Voorschoten mayor Nadine Stemerdink My thoughts go out to all the family and friends of those involved.” Copyright © 2020 All copyrights on articles and/or content of The Caribbean Herald N.V. dba The Daily Herald are reserved Without permission of The Daily Herald no copyrighted content may be used by anyone “A terrible accident in Voorschoten,” Prime Minister Mark Rutte tweeted about a train that derailed after colliding with a construction crane on Tuesday morning ProRail CEO John Voppen spoke of “a black day for the Dutch railway.” Both the Prime Minister and the ProRail CEO expressed support for the victims and their loved ones We sympathize intensely with all of them,” said King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima in a brief statement released by the Koninklijke Huis ProRail was working on the tracks in Voorschoten overnight, a spokesperson for the rail manager told NOS. Two of the four tracks were closed for the work. The Dutch Safety Board is at the scene to investigate what happened. “It looked like a movie,” Anwar Akrouh (20), one of the passengers on the NS intercity, told the broadcaster. “The lights went out, it got dark, and people tried to get out of the train. I saw three injured people. Someone screamed, that was the train driver. I also helped someone who was in a lot of pain. We called 112, the emergency services were there after 10 minutes. Very sweet local residents helped us. Many thanks for that.” The accident shook Minister Mark Harbers and State Secretary Vivianne Heijnen of Infrastructure and Water Management. In a first response, they expressed condolences and strength to the victims and their loved ones. Harbers also expressed thanks to the emergency services. Heijnen: “My thoughts are also with the rail- and train employees that experienced this terrible action while at work. I wish them a lot of strength.” “This is truly an incredibly tragic accident,” said mayor Nadine Stemerdink of Voorschoten. “I sympathize with the victims. My thoughts go out to all the family and friends of those involved.” No trains will run to and from Leiden Central Station until at least 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. NS asked travelers to use alternative transport, like the tram services in The Hague. The Dutch rail company also deployed busses to run between Den Haag Centraal, Den Haag Laan v NOI, Den Haag Mariahoeve, Voorschoten, De Vink, Leiden Centraal, Sassenheim, Nieuw Vennep, and Hoofddorp. The accident may also impact train traffic between Schiphol Airport and Rotterdam Central Station, with NS warning of fuller trains and possible longer travel times as people on the Leiden route diver to this one. © 2012-2025, NL Times, All rights reserved. Train traffic between Leiden and The Hague will remain at a standstill until at least April 18. The necessary track repair work following a fatal accident in Voorschoten this week is taking longer than hoped, ProRail said on Thursday. National passenger rail service NS also announced the expectation their trains would not run on the route until April 18. A DB Cargo freight train collided with a BAM maintenance worker's crane early Tuesday morning in the accident near Voorschoten. The crane and debris was then struck by the passing southbound NS Intercity train, which derailed as a result. A BAM worker was killed, and 30 people were injured including 19 who were hospitalized. At least two people were still in intensive care on Thursday, thought most of those injured were allowed to return home on Tuesday. Railroad infrastructure firm ProRail said the extent of the damage on the track at Voorschoten has been examined together with contractors. An initial investigation showed that additional measures will be necessary before the process of salvaging the derailed Intercity train can begin. It is not yet clear when that train can be removed. The repair work on the track can only begin once the train has been salvaged. ProRail also reported that the damage to the overhead lines, the track and the Voorschoten station is extensive. The underground cabling also needs to be repaired. The organization reported some progress, saying the DB Cargo freight train and the crane truck which were also involved in the accident have since been removed from the site. Infrastructure State Secretary Vivianne Heijnen, who visited the accident site herself, said she understands why the repair work will take longer. "I have seen the enormous havoc that has arisen there. I also know that people are working with all their might to get the situation back in order as quickly as possible," and adding she understood that patience will be needed. The repair work on the railroad and the Voorschoten station will take at least another week as a result of the crash during the early morning hours on Tuesday. The NS will use a replacement bus service, adding about 30 minutes of travel time to passenger journeys. A recovery company has been called in to remove the trains. The NS said this will happen as soon as investigators release the train tracks. Because some trains are lying across a ditch, a bridge structure must first be built. This process will begin on Wednesday, and the NS said it expects it will take several days. A total of four train cars must be salvaged. In addition, the platform at the Voorschoten station, which was damaged in the train accident, will also be repaired. The accident killed the 65-year-old crane operator, who was employed by construction company BAM. The crane operator, from Beringe, Limburg, was working on the track at the time. His body was recovered late Tuesday afternoon. Thus far, 30 of the 50 train passengers were known to have been injured in the incident. The passenger train driver was also injured. He was hospitalized with broken bones, NS director Wouter Koolmees previously said. The cargo train driver was not physically injured. A total of 19 injured people were taken to a hospital after the 4:30 a.m. accident. Three of them remained in intensive care, listed as in "very serious but stable" condition, according to a spokesperson for the regional acute care association ROAZ. The three were admitted to the two trauma centers in the region where they underwent surgery. Two of them were brought to the Leiden University Medical Center, and the third wend to HMC Westeinde in The Hague. "They all arrived quite quickly after the incident," said the spokesperson. Of the five patients who were admitted to the Alrijne Hospital in Leiderdorp, four have since been released. The spokesperson had no information about the condition of the other. A second victim who was taken to HMC Westeinde was also allowed to leave the hospital. Ten injured people were taken to the emergency hospital that was scaled up in a partnership with UMC Utrecht. Five of them were allowed to go home in the morning, the others were transferred to regular departments of the UMC Utrecht. Thus far, the investigation has shown that the DB freight train first collided with the construction crane at Voorschoten, said State Secretary Vivianne Heijnen (Infrastructure) in a letter to the Tweede Kamer. The other train involved in the accident, the NS Intercity train, subsequently derailed because the crane or debris from the crane ended up on the track. As a result, portions of the NS train stretched across a drainage ditch and partially ended up in the meadow next to it. Heijnen confirmed that the track involved in repair work was not in use at the time, but was located next to the track still being used by rail traffic. In total, work was being carried out on two of the four available tracks, rail manager ProRail said earlier Tuesday. King Willem-Alexander joined Heijnen, Koolmees and ProRail CEO John Voppen during a visit to the crash site. The king called it a terrible incident, and said he thinks that the aid workers have done "fantastic" work. The king briefly joined a meeting held in an emergency office set up in a sea container. There, he spoke with the mayor of Voorschoten and emergency services workers about the accident. He then walked along the track to see the train wreckage with his own eyes. He also spoke to a local resident who joined rescue efforts shortly after the train collision. Willem-Alexander thanked him for taking care of victims and praised the assistance. "I am incredibly happy to see how quickly all the injured were taken to hospitals. I think we should be grateful to everyone for standing by in the middle of the night." According to Willem-Alexander, the accident "could have ended much worse" and he was shocked by the havoc. "It shuts you up." He also called for experts to continue with their work, and asked people not to speculate about who is to blame for the train crash. De omwonenden en de leerlingen en personeelsleden van de school kunnen onder begeleiding terugkeren. Hoe het lek is ontstaan, is niet bekend. Het zat in de hoofdgasleiding op de kruising van de Leidseweg met de Piet Heynlaan. Netbeheerder Liander ging snel ter plaatse om de leidingen af te sluiten en te repareren. Vrijkomend gas kan prikkende ogen en geïrriteerde luchtwegen veroorzaken. De brandweer heeft geen meldingen gekregen van mensen die daar last van hebben. Binnenland The British School in the Netherlands (BSN) has been delighted to welcome a new headteacher to the Senior School in Voorschoten who was previously working at St George’s British International School in Munich became a welcomed member of the BSN community in September Just like the BSN community has felt Mr Heuff’s positive influence within the school from the beginning he reports feeling very welcomed himself by the friendly students and welcoming staff In a recent interview with the school’s podcast club he delved into his reasons for wishing to join the BSN as headteacher.  Mr Heuff told the interviewers that he felt “the pull of the BSN” and an “initial attraction” for the school having heard about its “warm and friendly” atmosphere He was pleased to see that the school’s reputation did not disappoint He specified that he had never come across more friendly and welcoming students in the past and that given the choice the school’s environment is something that he would not want to change He revealed his wishes for the school to “provide the most excellent education that it possibly can” and continue to progress its approaches to teaching.  Mr Heuff explained that he was interested in learning more about the Netherlands and the Dutch language due to a personal connection to the Netherlands He had previously lived in Germany for 4 years and in England before that but by moving to Voorschoten he felt immediately welcomed and said it “feels a bit like coming home” This can be attributed to the warmth and openness of the local community of Voorschoten.  Whilst expressing his admiration for the school’s inclusivity and diversity he also spoke about how proud he was of students being able to have high academic outcomes whilst also participating in activities and experiences outside of the classroom.  Heuff is passionate about the extra-curricular opportunities such as sports and the International Award that the school provides He explains that he and the leadership team in the school are “looking at developing extra-curricular activities within the BSN and really pushing them forwards” as they believe that it is with the assistance of these extra-curricular activities that they can provide the most well-rounded education possible He is delighted about the base that this school provides for students to continue to higher education or careers and wants to continue with the “high academic expectations” he has been able to observe at the school After attending an alumni event at the school Mr Heuff described being pleased to see that the “friendships and connections formed at the BSN continue throughout their lives.” To him a legacy is the memories that are left behind and it was clear that all the alumni shared this sentiment as they returned to the school building again after so many years They were able to see the effects of their legacy on the school with some extra-curriculars they had put in place still continuing to this day or whole school events they had helped plan Heuff the best of luck during his time at the BSN and look forward to seeing the lasting impact he leaves on the school