{"id":11547,"date":"2026-05-26T09:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=11547"},"modified":"2026-05-26T09:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:53:10","slug":"train-crashes-into-school-minibus-in-belgium-with-unconfirmed-reports-of-fatalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=11547","title":{"rendered":"Train crashes into school minibus in Belgium, with unconfirmed reports of fatalities"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n
\n

Brussels \u2014 A train crashed into a school minibus in Belgium on Tuesday, leaving at least several “victims” in an unconfirmed condition, the country’s interior minister said. The Reuters news agency quoted a local source as saying several people were killed in the collision, but there was no immediate confirmation from authorities<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

Photos from the scene showed the minibus laying on its side near the railway road crossing, with serious damage seen to its front end.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n

\"BUGGENHOUT<\/span>

\n

Emergency services work at the scene of an collision between a train and a minibus carrying school children, at the railway crossing Vierhuizen, in Buggenhout, Belgium, May 26, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

DIRK WAEM\/Belga\/AFP\/Getty<\/p>\n

<\/span>
\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The impact was extremely violent,” said Frederic Sacre, a spokesman for the Belgian rail network operator, describing the toll as “dramatic.”<\/p>\n

“It happened at around 8:08 am when a minibus was struck by a train that was due to stop at the next station, which was about a kilometer away,” he said.<\/p>\n

Asked by AFP, the Belgian police refused to confirm the casualty toll from the incident.<\/p>\n

\n<\/section>\n

<\/p>\n