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| At least 3 dead, 40 injured as two trains collide in Belgium – reports | At least 3 dead, 40 injured as two trains collide in Belgium – reports |
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| Several people were reportedly killed and dozens injured when a passenger train crashed into a cargo train in the Belgian town of Hermalle-sous-Huy near the city of Liege, Reuters reports, citing local media. | Several people were reportedly killed and dozens injured when a passenger train crashed into a cargo train in the Belgian town of Hermalle-sous-Huy near the city of Liege, Reuters reports, citing local media. |
| The death toll could rise further, the mayor of Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse, Francis Dejon, told Belga news agency early on Monday. The collision was extremely violent, the agency reported.Emergency crews and police have been working at the site of the accident, which is between the cities of Liege and Namur. | The death toll could rise further, the mayor of Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse, Francis Dejon, told Belga news agency early on Monday. The collision was extremely violent, the agency reported.Emergency crews and police have been working at the site of the accident, which is between the cities of Liege and Namur. |
| “Two trains were on the same track. The passenger train crashed into the back of the goods train,” a spokesman for the Belgian railway infrastructure manager Infrabel, Frederic Sacre, was quoted as saying by Reuters. | “Two trains were on the same track. The passenger train crashed into the back of the goods train,” a spokesman for the Belgian railway infrastructure manager Infrabel, Frederic Sacre, was quoted as saying by Reuters. |
| Journalists reported on Twitter that access to the crash site has been restricted and the nearby road blocked. | |
| Local daily L’Avenir quoted a witness that described the scene as “chaos,” saying that the first two carriages of the passenger train had been reduced to wreckage. | |
| The first car is lying on its side at about a 20-degree angle, according to Lesoir.be. | |
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