Passenger Trains Collide Head-On in Belgium

by Stephen Castle

A head-on collision between two trains outside the Belgian capital during the morning rush hour on Monday left an unknown number of passengers dead and injured, local news accounts said.

Belgian media reported that the crash at Buizingen near Halle, about 10 miles southwest of Brussels, had left 20 people dead, citing the local mayor, Dirk Pieters. Officials of Belgian National Railways told VRT radio that 25 people were killed.

Read more at the New York Times.