Four dead after train and school bus collide in Belgium

A train hit a school minibus in the Belgian town of Buggenhout on the morning of May 26, with at least four people killed, including two children. The cause of the crash is not immediately clear, neither is the reason why the bus was on the tracks. Belgium's rail agency says footage from the scene shows barriers at the crossing had been closed and a red light was showing when the incident happened. FRANCE 24's Dave Keating has more from the ground.

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Staff cover a hearse parked next to the crashed bus at the site of an accident after a train crashed into a school bus, at the railway crossing Vierhuizen in Buggenhout, some 20kms north of Brussels on May 26, 2026. © AFP, John Thys

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Issued on: 26/05/2026 - 15:06

Four dead after train and school bus collide in Belgium

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