Several dead after train hits school bus in Belgium

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A train hit a school minibus killing four people, including two children and another five schoolchildren were injured in a "horrific accident" in northern Belgium on Tuesday. The accident happened at around 8:08 am local time when a minibus was struck by a train that was due to stop at the next station. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear and an investigation is underway, the public prosecutor's office said.

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