Buggenhout, Belgium, May 26, 2026 (AFP) - Four dead after train hits school bus in Belgium

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2026-05-26

A train on Tuesday hit a school minibus killing four people, including two children in a "horrific accident" in northern Belgium, authorities said. The children aged 15 and 12, were killed by the impact alongside the 49-year-old driver and a 27-year-old supervisor, according to Lisa De Wilde, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office. The other five schoolchildren on the bus were injured in the crash at a railway crossing in Buggenhout, a Dutch-......

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