Four Killed in Belgian Train-School Bus Collision
Investigators are examining why the minibus entered a crossing where barriers were down and warning lights were active, officials said.
- On Tuesday, May 26, a passenger train struck a school minibus carrying children at a level crossing in Buggenhout, Belgium, killing several people and prompting emergency response.
- Despite warning lights being active and crossing barriers being lowered, the minibus entered the railway tracks; investigators are examining why the vehicle proceeded despite safety systems functioning.
- The minibus carried nine people including seven secondary school-aged children traveling to a special needs school, while the passenger train held approximately 100 passengers, none injured.
- Transport Minister Jean-Luc Crucke confirmed four deaths: two teenagers, the bus driver, and an accompanying adult, while Justice Minister Annelies Verlinden expressed heartfelt sympathy to victims and families.
- Prosecutors and forensic experts were due at the scene to investigate the collision's circumstances as details remained unclear; Belgium's level-crossing incidents show declining fatalities since 2020 per Infrabel.
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Train hits school minivan in Belgium, killing four including pupils
BUGGENHOUT - 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, authorities said.
Four killed after train crashes into school minibus at Belgian rail crossing
BUGGENHOUT (Belgium), May 27 — A train yesterday hit a school minibus killing four people, including two children in a “horrific accident” in northern Belgium, authorities said.The children aged 15 and 12, were killed by the impact alongside the 49-year-old driver and a 27-year-old supervisor, according to Lisa De Wilde, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office.The other five schoolchildren on the bus were injured in the crash at a railway cros…
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