Several people have died after a train collided with a school bus in the northern part of Belgium. The tragic incident occurred this morning at a railway crossing in the town of Buggenhout, located north of Brussels in the region of Flanders. The train collided with the school bus at a level crossing. According to sources, several children were also on the bus. hnonline.sk ↗ pravda.sk ↗
The crash was reported by press agencies and Belgian media shortly after it occurred. Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin became one of the first people to respond to the tragic event. The exact number of victims varied in the initial reports, but all reports confirmed multiple deaths at the scene of the accident. The railway crossing was closed at the time of the incident, which nevertheless did not prevent the tragedy. n-tv ↗
The incident triggered immediate rescue operations and the deployment of emergency services to the scene of the accident. Investigators immediately began examining the circumstances of the collision and determining the exact causes of this serious traffic accident in Buggenhout, which claimed the lives of several people, including children from the school bus. Tagesspiegel ↗
Train collides with school bus in Buggenhout, Belgium, fatalities reported at the scene
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"Bahnschranke war geschlossen": Schulbus kollidiert mit Zug in Belgien - mehrere Tote
n-tv
| 11:46 26.05.
In Belgien: Zug rammt Schulbus – offenbar mehrere Tote
Tagesspiegel
| 11:43 26.05.
Mehrere Opfer bei Kollision zwischen Zug und Schulbus in Belgien
Der Standard
| 11:30 26.05.
Several dead after train hits school bus in Belgium
RTE News
| 11:40 26.05.
V Belgicku sa zrazil vlak so školským autobusom, na mieste je niekoľko mŕtvych
hnonline.sk
| 11:37 26.05.
V Belgii se srazil vlak se školním autobusem, na místě jsou mrtví
seznamzpravy.cz
| 11:34 26.05.
Na severu Belgie se srazil vlak se školním autobusem, na místě jsou mrtví
irozhlas.cz
| 11:34 26.05.
Un autobús escolar choca contra un tren en Bélgica y deja varias "víctimas"
El Mundo
| 11:18 26.05.
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