Four dead, two injured after train hits school bus in Belgium
17:25, 26 May 2026
Four people, including two children, were killed when a train hit a school minibus in northern Belgium on Tuesday, the Deputy Prime Minister said, WAM reports.
The children were aged 15 and 12, the public prosecutor's office said at a press conference.
A police spokesperson told the media that seven children, a supervisor and a driver were aboard the minibus. The other five children on board were sent to hospital in a critical condition but are now all said to be stable.
Also killed were a 27-year-old teacher and the bus' 49-year-old driver.
Earlier, it was reported 19 had been hospitalized after an alleged spraying incident in Tokyo's Ginza.