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Several radical were killed erstwhile a bid deed a schoolhouse minibus carrying 7 children successful bluish Belgium connected Tuesday (May 26, 2026), officials said.
Two sources told AFP that determination were respective fatalities among those connected the autobus aft the collision astatine a level crossing successful the colony of Buggenhout.
Belgian media showed images of a severely damaged minibus lying connected its broadside connected a roadworthy adjacent to a railway line, with tents acceptable up by exigency workers around.
A constabulary spokeswoman told the media that 7 children, a supervisor and a operator were aboard the minibus.
Asked by AFP, the Belgian constabulary refused to corroborate the casualty toll from the incident.
“The interaction was highly violent,” spokesperson Frederic Sacre said, describing the toll arsenic “dramatic”.
“It happened astatine astir 8:08 a.m. (0608 GMT) erstwhile a minibus was struck by a bid that was owed to halt astatine the adjacent station, which was astir a kilometre away,” helium said.
Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin wrote connected X that “my thoughts spell retired to the victims and their loved ones”.
“I privation the injured overmuch strength,” helium wrote.
EU main ‘heartbroken’ by deadly Belgian schoolhouse autobus crash
EU main Ursula von der Leyen said connected Tuesday (May 26, 2026) she was “heartbroken” by a clang betwixt a bid and schoolhouse minibus successful Belgium, which officials said near respective radical dead.
“My deepest condolences spell retired to the victims’ families and their loved ones. Today, Europe grieves with Belgium,” the European Commission president posted online.
