Leo at a train accident - Barendrecht - Holland - 25 October 2000
Only a
few hundred metres from the train station of Barendrecht
on 25 October 2000 round 00.00 AM a 1500 Volt overhead wire broke
and fell on the train. There was a very small fire on the outside
and the train stopped.
Because
the Dutch Railways was thinking the train stopped
in Zwijndrecht
the police, ambulances and fire department were sent there.
After
only 1 hour they found out it was located almost 10 km from there
between the stations of Barendrecht and Rotterdam-Lombardijen.
All the
time almost 250 passengers stayed in the train
without any lights or fresh air. The could leave the train after
almost 2 hours.
Nobody was hurt.
I
interviewed one of the passengers live with my mobile phone in
the news bulletin
and made a report about this national news on Radio Rijnmond.
© Made by Etienne Busink
