4 dead, 5 hurt in crash between train and school bus in Belgium

A crash between a bus and a train traveling at high speed in northern Belgium killed four people, including two children, and injured five other children, prosecutors said Tuesday. The injured children were taken to the hospital in a serious condition, spokeswoman Lisa De Wilde said at a news conference. The accident happened at a level crossing during the morning rush hour near the town of Buggenhout, about 30 kilometers northwest of the capital, Brussels. De Wilde said that the dead included the driver of the minibus and an escort as well as two children. She said that the cause of the accident had not been established. Investigators are questioning witnesses and checking for images from cameras mounted nearby. “What we do know is that the barrier was closed and the red light was on,” she said. A spokesperson for Belgian rail operator Infrabel said that the train was estimated to be traveling at about 120 kilometers per hour as it approached the crossing and had “no time to brake.” “The impact was extremely violent,” the spokesman, Frédéric Sacré, told RTBF public broadca

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