A train crashed into a school bus in Belgium on Tuesday, leaving several people feared dead and multiple others injured, according to officials, Reuters reported.Belgium’s interior minister Bernard Quintin confirmed that there were multiple victims in the accident, though authorities have not yet released the exact number of casualties.“With great dismay, I learnt of the tragic accident in Buggenhout, where a school bus was struck by a train. My thoughts go out to the victims and their loved ones. I wish the injured much strength,” Quintin wrote on X.Emergency services rushed to the site after the crash, while rescue and relief operations were underway.A spokesperson for rail network operator Infrabel said that the accident took place at a level crossing in Belgium’s northern Flanders region.“The impact was extremely violent,” spokesman Frederic Sacre told AFP, describing the toll as “dramatic”. “It happened at around 8:08 am when a minibus was struck by a train that was due to stop at the next station, which was about a kilometre away,” he added. This is a developing story. More details awaited.
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