According to Belgian media, the pupils on the bus came from a school for children with learning disabilities.

According to Belgian media, the pupils on the bus came from a school for children with learning disabilities.

The bus was carrying seven pupils from a school for children with learning disabilities. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Four people, including two children, were killed and five others injured after a train struck a school minibus at a railway crossing in northern Belgium on Tuesday. Authorities described the collision…

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.

Two schoolchildren, their chaperone and the minibus driver were killed in the crash, says a Belgian minister.

The accident occurred early on Tuesday near Buggenhout station, about 23 kilometres (14 miles) north of Brussels, when the vehicle was carrying seven pupils to their school.

Authorities in Belgium confirmed four deaths after a train struck a school minibus despite safety barriers, with forensic teams now investigating the crash.

A train traveling at high speed hit a minibus crossing a railway in Belgium on Tuesday, killing four people, including two children, and badly injuring five other children in what officials called one of the worst rail accidents in the country's history. It appeared that the minibus drove through the…

May 26 (UPI) -- Four people, including two children aged 12 and 15, were killed and five children were seriously injured when a train hit a school bus on a grade crossing in the northern Belgian town of Buggenhout during the Tuesday morning rush hour.

Federal prosecutors in Belgium say a train and bus collision in the northern part of the country has killed four people including two children.

A train collision with a school bus in Buggenhout, Belgium, results in multiple fatalities and severe injuries.

Brussels: Four people, including two children, were killed after a school minibus was hit by a train at a level crossing in northern Belgium on Tuesday

Four people, including two children were killed in northern Belgium on May 26 when a train hit a school minibus. Camera footage from the level crossing shows that it was closed at the time of the accident, with the barriers down. The investigation into how the school vehicle got onto the tracks is underway. Condolences have poured in from across the European continent, including from European Commission President Ursula on der Leyen, who said "Europe grieved with Belgium."

A crash between a bus and a train traveling at high speed in northern Belgium killed four people, including two children, and injured five other children, prosecutors said Tuesday.