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Train crashes into school minibus in Belgium

Belgium's interior minister says a train crashed into a school bus in the town of Buggenhout leaving an unspecified number of people wounded, with reports of fatalities.

Published May 26, 2026, 9:33 AM
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Train crashes into school minibus in Belgium

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Brussels — 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

"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.

Photos from the scene showed the minibus laying on its side near the railway road crossing, with serious damage seen to its front end. 

BUGGENHOUT ACCIDENT TRAIN BUS
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. DIRK WAEM/Belga/AFP/Getty

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