Two teenagers are among four people killed after a train collided with a school bus in Belgium on Tuesday, the country’s transport minister has said.
In comments reported by RTL, minister Jean-Luc Crucke said that the two teenagers, the bus drivers and another adult were killed when the train collided with the vehicle in the town of Buggenhout.
“My first thoughts are with the victims, but also with those who were injured and their families,” he said.
Railway operator Infrabel said the lights at the level crossing were red and the barriers were down at the time of the collision.
“We are trying to understand how this could have happened,” they said. “But our thoughts are now first and foremost with the victims and their families.”
Belgium’s interior minister offered condolences to the victims in a post on X.
“With great dismay, I learned of the tragic accident in Buggenhout, where a school bus was struck by a train,” he wrote.
