Netherland: Passenger train hits crane, derails in Netherlands(UPDATED) Video

Casualties have been reported after a passenger train derailed after hitting a crane on a crossing in Netherlands, officials told Dutch radio.

The incident took place near the town of Dalfsen, in the northeast of the country.

RTL Netherlands has posted the first video of the crash, showing rescuers working at the scene of the incident. The derailed carriages of the train are seen lying on their sides.

Photos on social media and reports claim that the train is half in a field, half on the track.

"I was at home, the train comes to us from behind. I immediately went to [the scene]," Ria van der Ham, a local eyewitness, told Radio 1.

"I saw several carriages lying on their side. It's a big mess, really terrible."

At least one person has been killed in the crash, Mayor Han Noten told Dutch radio broadcaster NOS. Several people have also been injured in the incident.

"The whole front of the train is washed away. What I've heard is that there were five people on board and the driver was killed,” a local witness told Dutch Radio 1.

Many of the passengers have been already rescued from the derailed train, media reports said, adding that they are currently been treated by emergency services.