Overview
- NS expects no trains between Geldermalsen and ’s‑Hertogenbosch until about 20:15, with replacement buses evacuating roughly 200 passengers to Den Bosch.
- ProRail reports heavy damage, with the leading train unit positioned beside the track and a passing train having clipped it, causing mainly paint damage.
- Authorities report five light injuries, including four passengers and the truck driver, with no immediate confirmation on hospital transport.
- The collision occurred at the guarded Laageinde level crossing in Meteren, prompting cause-and-recovery work by ProRail.
- The Dutch Safety Board has deployed three investigators for an initial probe, as a separate power failure halted trains between Woerden and Gouda and disrupted the Rotterdam–The Hague–Utrecht corridor.