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Amsterdam Westerpark train collision
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<p>On 21 April 2012 at 18:30 local time (16:30 UTC), two trains were involved in a <a href="/facts/Head-on_collision/XndClcqE">head-on collision</a> at <a href="/facts/Westerpark_(former_borough)/b8XlbIzq">Westerpark</a>, near <a href="/facts/Sloterdijk%2c_Amsterdam/jgptJ50E">Sloterdijk</a>, in the west of <a href="/facts/Amsterdam/Xdd393bz">Amsterdam</a>, <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a>. Approximately 117 people were injured, one of whom later died in hospital. The collision is thought to have been caused by the driver of one of the trains <a href="/facts/Signal_passed_at_danger/YDYR4QY4">passing a red signal</a>. </p>