11-02-2005 23:33									#1
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Shortly after 7 a.m. I most definately woke up from my morning snooze in the front carriage here:

Nobody was hurt seriously, but an older man almost collapsed right next to me (chestpains!) when walking back to the platforms. It took a goddam 15 to 30 minutes before the medics arrived after I called 112 (911 for those across the pond).

I'm happy to still be posting here, I feel very lucky

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	11-02-2005 23:49									#2
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Damn.

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Just another day for the NS (= Dutch railways), I see

Good to see noone was seriously hurt though

	12-02-2005 00:31									#4
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Holy Sh*t!

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wow! Glad to hear that no one was killed.

	12-02-2005 02:35									#6
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Wow!

What caused the accident?

	12-02-2005 02:53									#7
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Damn! That's a decent bump right there! How hard was it inside there? Did people bump their heads to walls or what?
Anyway, making it out.

	12-02-2005 02:54									#8
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quote: What caused the accident?

two trains running into each other



Glad no one got hurt... Or maybe you're all Unbreakable!

	12-02-2005 02:58									#9
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This would be my reason for going back home and getting back in bed. Glad nobody was seriously hurt.

	12-02-2005 03:46									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Japher two trains running into each other

Glad to hear you're OK though

	12-02-2005 03:56									#11
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Wait a second... front car... you weren't driving the thing germanos, were you?

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quote: you weren't driving the thing germanos, were you?

germanos real name is Captain Hazelwood

	12-02-2005 04:43									#14
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exxon valdez reference +1

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quote: Originally posted by Locutus Just another day for the NS (= Dutch railways), I see Good to see noone was seriously hurt though

I thought things like that only happened over here

	12-02-2005 04:54									#16
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Dodging bullets

Good to see you're ok germanos.

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quote: Originally posted by Japher germanos real name is Captain Hazelwood

I was going to say Capt. Smith, but same effect.

Good to know you're alright, germanos. Any specifics on what occured?

	12-02-2005 13:19									#18
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quote: Originally posted by VetLegion Wait a second... front car... you weren't driving the thing germanos, were you?

No, I wasn't

My coach merely was derailed, and the first impression it was just that: the train had derailed. Nobody panicked and there was mostly (a little nervous) laughter.
Only later we realized the mess behind us.

I suppose the people in the other coaches were shaken and tossed around quite bad, but apparently there were no more then a few bruises. Most of the crowd just boarded the next available train and left for work .
When the medics arrived at my unfortunate fellow-traveller, I did the same.

We had just left the station, and we had little speed, which helped avoiding serious trouble.
The downside of the low speed is that the security-system in place in Holland doesn't work at speeds below 40 or 50 km/h, and thus accidents like this are becoming increasingly 'normal'