\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTwo children were among four people killed when a train hit a school bus in Belgium on Tuesday morning, Maxime Pr\u00e9vot, the country\u2019s deputy prime minister, said.Video from the scene aboveLocal authorities in Buggenhout in northern Belgium said in a statement that a \u201cserious traffic accident\u201d took place in the town at around 8 a.m. local time on Tuesday. Photos from the scene showed a minibus lying on its side next to a railway track. The accident appears to have occurred near a level crossing.The fatalities included two pupils aged 12 and 15, as well as an attendant, 27, and the bus driver, 49, according to Public Prosecution Service spokesperson Lisa De Wilde.Five more children were seriously injured during the incident and are now in stable condition in the hospital, De Wilde said.An investigation has been opened into the cause of the accident, with a traffic expert appointed and a forensic laboratory active on the scene, the local government said in a statement.While the inquiry is still in its early stages, it has been confirmed that the barriers at the level crossing were closed and the red warning signal was operating at the time of the collision.Belgian Justice Minister Annelies Verlinden said on X that the accident involved a school bus, with local media reporting the vehicle was transporting students from a nearby special education school.\u201cWords fail at the accident in Buggenhout, in which a train and a school bus were involved,\u201d she said.Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said she was \u201cheartbroken\u201d to learn of the accident. \u201cMy deepest condolences go out to the victims\u2019 families and their loved ones,\u201d she said on X.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Two children were among four people killed when a train hit a school bus in Belgium on Tuesday morning, Maxime Pr\u00e9vot, the country\u2019s deputy prime minister, said.<\/p>\n
Video from the scene above<\/p>\n
Local authorities in Buggenhout in northern Belgium said in a statement that a \u201cserious traffic accident\u201d took place in the town at around 8 a.m. local time on Tuesday. Photos from the scene showed a minibus lying on its side next to a railway track. The accident appears to have occurred near a level crossing.<\/p>\n
The fatalities included two pupils aged 12 and 15, as well as an attendant, 27, and the bus driver, 49, according to Public Prosecution Service spokesperson Lisa De Wilde.<\/p>\n
Five more children were seriously injured during the incident and are now in stable condition in the hospital, De Wilde said.<\/p>\n
An investigation has been opened into the cause of the accident, with a traffic expert appointed and a forensic laboratory active on the scene, the local government said in a statement.<\/p>\n
While the inquiry is still in its early stages, it has been confirmed that the barriers at the level crossing were closed and the red warning signal was operating at the time of the collision.<\/p>\n
Belgian Justice Minister Annelies Verlinden said on X that the accident involved a school bus, with local media reporting the vehicle was transporting students from a nearby special education school.<\/p>\n
\u201cWords fail at the accident in Buggenhout, in which a train and a school bus were involved,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said she was \u201cheartbroken\u201d to learn of the accident. \u201cMy deepest condolences go out to the victims\u2019 families and their loved ones,\u201d she said on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two children were among four people killed when a train hit a school bus in Belgium on Tuesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[11370,2354,7,11365,11310,11303,1995,11354,5849,11369,11364,11306,1961,11367,11368,11301,10226,5706,11347,11366],"class_list":["post-17432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-a-m-local-time","tag-accident","tag-belgium","tag-belgium-school-bus-crash","tag-belgium-train-crash","tag-buggenhout","tag-child","tag-collision","tag-crash","tag-deputy-prime-minister","tag-ldnd","tag-level-crossing","tag-maxime-prevot","tag-scene","tag-scene-abovelocal-authority","tag-school-bus","tag-statement","tag-train","tag-train-hits-school-bus","tag-tuesday-morning"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116640775274673173","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}