Four people killed after minibus collides with train in Belgium
Key takeaways
- The minibus, carrying nine people, drove through closed crossing barriers during the morning rush hour near the town of Buggenhout.
- Moreover, a spokesperson for the Belgian rail operator Infra-Bel told the RTBF public broadcaster that the train was travelling at an estimated 120 kph (75 mph) as it approached the crossing and had “no time to brake”.
- “The impact was extremely violent,” Frederic Sacre said.
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The minibus, carrying nine people, drove through closed crossing barriers during the morning rush hour near the town of Buggenhout.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Forensic Police officers inspect next to the damaged bus at the site of an accident after a train crashed into a school bus, at the railway crossing Vierhuizen in Buggenhout, some 20kms north of Brussels [AFP]By Edna Mohamed and APPublished On 26 May 202626 May 2026At least four people have been killed, including two children, after a train travelling at high speed hit a minibus carrying special needs children crossing a railway in Belgium.
According to Belgian authorities on Tuesday, the minibus, carrying nine people, drove through the closed crossing barriers during the morning rush hour near the town of Buggenhout, about 30 kilometres (20 miles) northwest of the capital, Brussels.