BRUSSELS – A train crashed into a school bus in Belgium on May 26, leaving several “victims”, the country’s interior minister said.
“With great dismay, I learnt of the tragic accident in Buggenhout, where a school bus was struck by a train. My thoughts go out to the victims and their loved ones. I wish the injured much strength,” minister Bernard Quintin wrote on X.
A spokesman for the rail network operator Infrabel told AFP the collision happened at a level crossing in the northern Flanders region.
“The impact was extremely violent,” spokesman Frederic Sacre said, describing the toll as “dramatic”.
“It happened at around 8.08am when a minibus was struck by a train that was due to stop at the next station, which was about a kilometre away,” he said.
Asked by AFP, the Belgian police refused to confirm the casualty toll from the incident. AFP
