Train hits school minivan in Belgium, killing four including pupils - Reuters

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A train collided with a school minibus at a level-crossing in Buggenhout, Belgium, resulting in four fatalities, including two special needs pupils aged 12 and 15, the driver aged 49, and a chaperone aged 27. The incident occurred near Buggenhout station, approximately 23 kilometers north of Brussels, when the vehicle was transporting seven pupils to school. The crossing's safety barriers were down at the time, and the cause of the van's entry onto the tracks remains under investigation. The train driver applied emergency brakes, but the collision was extremely violent. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered condolences, stating, "Today, Europe grieves with Belgium."

A train collided with a school minivan at a level-crossing in the Belgian town of Buggenhout, resulting in four fatalities, including two special needs pupils aged 12 and 15, the driver aged 49, and a chaperone aged 27. The accident occurred near Buggenhout station, about 23 kilometers north of Brussels, when the vehicle was carrying seven pupils to their school. The crossing's safety barriers were down at the time, and the cause of the van's entry onto the tracks remains under investigation. The train driver applied emergency brakes, but the collision was extremely violent. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered condolences, stating, "Today, Europe grieves with Belgium."

A train crashed into a school minivan at a level-crossing in the Belgian town of Buggenhout on Tuesday, killing four people including two special needs pupils. As well as the 12- and 15-year-old students, the crash killed the driver aged 49 and a female chaperone aged 27. The local prosecutor’s office opened an investigation. At the scene, a white minivan lay on its side near the track, its front badly crumpled. Police spokesperson An Berger said the crossing’s safety barriers were down when the accident happened. It was unclear how the van got through the barriers and into the path of the train, whose 100-odd passengers did not suffer any major injuries.

A train hit a school minibus killing four people, including two children, in a 'horrific accident' in northern Belgium. Another five schoolchildren were injured in the crash at a railway crossing in Buggenhout, a Dutch-speaking municipality about 25 kilometres northwest of Brussels. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear and an investigation has been opened, the public prosecutor's office said.

Four people have died after a train collided with a school bus in northern Belgium, local authorities say. Among the dead are two children, aged 12 and 15, a 49-year-old bus driver and a 27-year-old chaperone. The accident happened at a level crossing, which authorities say was closed at the time.

A high-speed train slammed into a school minibus at a level crossing in northern Belgium, killing four people — including two children — and critically injuring five others. The accident occurred near Buggenhout station, about 23 kilometers (14 miles) north of Brussels, when the vehicle was carrying seven pupils to their school. A spokesperson for the state railway infrastructure operator, Infrabel, said that the train driver had applied the emergency brakes but that 'the shock was extremely violent.'

At least four people, including two children, were killed when a high-speed train collided with a minibus carrying special needs children at a railway crossing in Buggenhout, Belgium. The minibus drove through closed crossing barriers during the morning rush hour. An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the crash.