A collision between a train and a minibus caused several deaths this Tuesday in the Belgian town of Buggenhout (in Flanders, 30 kilometers north of the capital, Brussels). The accident occurred at 8:15 in the morning at a level crossing, according to the newspaper The evening. Both the local press and the Reuters agency speak of several deaths, all of them on the bus.
Seven high school students and two adults were traveling in the minibus, according to the Flemish newspaper HLN. A spokesperson for the Belgian railway network operator, Infrabel, has acknowledged that this is a “very serious accident, with very serious consequences.” According to his testimony, the level crossing lights were red and the barriers were lowered. “The driver [del tren] He tried to apply the emergency brakes. “We are trying to understand how it could have happened,” he explained in statements to the aforementioned media.
In the first images you can see the bus on its side, overturned on the side of the road. “Words fall short,” wrote the Belgian Minister of Justice, Annelies Verlinden, on the social network X (formerly Twitter). “My sincere condolences to all the victims, the children, their families and everyone who has been affected by this tragedy.”
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