In a train accident at the railroad crossing to the Voslaan in Winsum (Gr.) its Friday afternoon, 18 wounded cases. The train derailed in part after a collision with a milk truck.
In the train are 18 wounded cases, 16 passengers and a Arrivamedewerker were minor injuries. In total, 11 victims brought to the hospital. In the trains between 50 and 75 passengers.
The N361 the whole weekend ended, also the traffic will come for the whole weekend). In the meantime, research is done into the circumstances of the accident. It is expected that Monday will be started with the mountains of the train.
The driver of the milk truck and the driver remained unharmed. The truck driver is at the police station. He will be as suspicious to be heard.
Heavy blow
Burgmeester Rinus Michels of Winsum made at the end of the afternoon, during a press conference known, that there are no serious injuries have fallen. However, both the mayor as Arriva ceo Anne Hettinga and ProRail ceo Pier Eringa very excited.
Hettinga: ,,Every victim is one too many. I understand that this is a huge blow for Winsum.” Eringa shut himself in similar terms: ,,I understand that people here get angry and verdrietigzijn, I would too after such an accident.”
Third time
two times before it went wrong at the unguarded transition to the Voslaan. Two years ago, a 24-year-old man killed when his car crossed and the train him to hit. Half a year before happened to a 67-year-old man the same when he came across the transition wanted to drive.
The call for barriers was after the accident large. Until today they are not posted. Another option is to have the handle completely to close and another road parallel to the track. That is also not successful, because railway infrastructure manager ProRail and the municipality of Winsum with multiple land owners in the vicinity in conversation.
It is the second time in a year’s time, that there is a serious accident with a Arrivatrein. In February came in Dalfsen, a hydraulic platform and a train collide. The driver did not survive the accident.
Secure by 2020
In June of this year it became known that there are 6.5 million euro is allocated to ten transitions, including those in Winsum,to protect. It should be ready by 2020. The handle at the height of the Voslaan would be the first to be addressed. The millions are placed on the table by the ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, the province and the municipality of Winsum. The idea is that some level crossings in Winsum and the surrounding area where no accidents have taken place, to be better protected.
The fatalities were for the ministry reason to take action and, in consultation with spoorwegbeheerder ProRail is the dangerous transitions to address. In the Netherlands there are about 120 so-called inactive Secure Transitions (or tablet laptop). Passers-by of this be consider here only a board or andreaskruis warned for possible approaching trains. With the plans in Winsum the coming years, the first eight percent of those considering in the Netherlands a safer place.
Within a year approaches
After the accident of Friday want to the municipality and ProRail that almost made the securing of level crossings. Within a year, we need all seven of unguarded transitions to address. We have now all sails”, let ProRail ceo Eringa know.
Especially the land acquisition that is necessary to a noodweg of the transitions, the secure is an obstacle. There are all kinds of jurdische and formal procedures to fasting, which costs time. Mayor Michels of Winsum want to be there now in a hurry. ,,The land acquisition is difficult, it slows down the approach of the spoorovergangen. We should now, if necessary, to proceed to expropriate the land.”
Questions
The PvdA Member of parliament Tjeerd van Dekken has Friday afternoon oral parliamentary Questions submitted about the train accident in Winsum. He wants the issue of the unprotected level crossing as soon as possible is resolved.
Of Cover has, together with his colleague Henk Nijboer of the unsafe situation three times already previously been discussed in The Hague. “We have said that there really is a solution needed for this problem. That was even before the dead fell. When that happened, and that was the case in a higher gear, but I now come to the conclusion that the issue is still not resolved. I understand there really is no nut.’
The Mp states that Wilma Mansveld, the previous secretary of state, had instructed the situation to tackle. “If you then, as a gruesome accident as today, then there must be something going on in relation to ProRail. I do not understand that ProRail has not done what it should do and that is to protect.’
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