Train and school minibus collide in Belgium, killing four
Key takeaways
- Four people, including two children, were killed and five others injured after a train struck a school minibus at a railway crossing in northern Belgium on Tuesday.
- By: FRANCE 24 Staff cover a hearse parked next to the crashed bus at the site of an accident at the railway crossing in Buggenhout, some 20km north of Brussels, May 26, 2026.
- Another five schoolchildren were injured in the crash at a railway crossing in Buggenhout, a Dutch-speaking municipality about 25 kilometres (15 miles) northwest of Brussels.
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Four people, including two children, were killed and five others injured after a train struck a school minibus at a railway crossing in northern Belgium on Tuesday. Authorities described the collision in Buggenhout, near Brussels, as a “horrific accident”, with investigators probing the cause of the deadly crash.
By: FRANCE 24 Staff cover a hearse parked next to the crashed bus at the site of an accident at the railway crossing in Buggenhout, some 20km north of Brussels, May 26, 2026. © John Thys, AFP A train hit a school minibus killing four people, including two children, in a "horrific accident" in northern Belgium, authorities said on Tuesday.
Another five schoolchildren were injured in the crash at a railway crossing in Buggenhout, a Dutch-speaking municipality about 25 kilometres (15 miles) northwest of Brussels.