Man dies after train hits two men at Eindhoven station
A man died and another was seriously injured when a train struck them at Strijp-S station in Eindhoven in the early hours of Sunday. Police are investigating.
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A train hit two men at the NS railway station of Strijp-S in Eindhoven shortly after 00:30 on Sunday. One of them, a 49-year-old man from Limburg, died at the scene, police said. The other man was seriously injured.
Police are investigating how the accident happened and how the men ended up on the track.
Police are treating the case as a fatal accident (noodlottig ongeval). The force wrote on X that it is investigating the accident at the station.
A police spokesperson said officers are speaking to several witnesses. The witnesses are said not to be connected to the two men who were hit.
Police reported the accident on Saturday night.
Train traffic between Eindhoven and Den Bosch was halted for some time after the accident.
Police said on Sunday morning that the man who died is a 49-year-old from Leudal, a municipality (gemeente) in Limburg. The seriously injured man is a 37-year-old Belgian, who is in hospital.
A police spokesperson said the men were walking on the track when they were hit. A ProRail spokeswoman said there is no camera footage of the incident. Train traffic between Eindhoven and Den Bosch is running again.
Source: Politie
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