Oss: Fatal accident on railroad with a carrier cycle, 4 children dead
 

Oss, Netherlands at a collision involving a train and a electrical carrier cycle, 4 children have been killed, another 2 have been critically injured

the carrier cycle with the children was on it's way to a local school in Oss


the train company Pro Rail has announced to be taking responsibility for the ongoing investigation of this accident, to find out how this could've happened in the first place


timeline of what we so far know what happened

8:30 dutch time this morning was the time of the accident

moments before that, the driver of the carrier cycle was yelling that his brakes weren't working, and after that he got hit by an incoming intercity train

In Oss they now have a emergency HQ centre, where people can ask questions, and/or get some mental help for those who saw this horrible tragedy


http://www.omroepbrabant.nl/?news/28...r+bij+Oss.aspx

here's a link, it is in dutch but i guess you can use google translate to understand it better

the whole nation here is in mourning about this tragedy


Mayor Buijs of Oss: every family is shocked about this tragedy, a dark day it is today

one of the directors of Pro Rail Eringa says the following: there were 57 people in the train, for them we had given special attention from psychiatrists, to help them in the aftermath of this incident, to prevent depressions for example, also there was a camera on the front of the train, so looking at that footage will be first priority for the investigators, to see what really happened