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Terrible F / A crash near Brussels!
In Belgium, near Brussels, on Monday morning collision between two commuter trains, informs Associated Press. Information about the number of victims specified. According to the Belgian railway, killing at least 25 people. Dozens of people were injured. Causes of the accident are clarified.
The collision occurred around 8:30 am local time in the town of Halle. The mayor confirmed the 20 victims. In turn, the governor of the province of Flemish Brabant Lodewijk De Witte reported ten dead.
The reasons for the disaster are specified. According to preliminary information, the accident could have been caused by a malfunction in the control system, as a result of what followed towards each other trains were on the same path, ITAR-TASS reported.
Belgian media reported that convoys encountered in snowfall with limited visibility. The collision was so strong that the first train wagons stood on its hind legs, damaging power lines, reports BBC. After the accident, traffic was stopped on the high-speed train lines, including between Brussels and Paris.
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2. According to the testimony of one of the passengers, the collision was very strong, as the train in which he was, even before the collision did not make emergency braking. (AP Photo / Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
3. As stated by the governor of the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant Lodewijk De Witte, the collision was due to the fact that one of the trains traveling from Leuven, drove a red traffic light. The second train involved in the incident, he said, has complied with all rules of the road, but it was delayed by 10 minutes. (AP Photo / Yves Logghe)
4. According to the company, the railway network operator Infrabel, in the accident killed 27 people, another 30 were injured. (REUTERS / Yves Herman)
5. Rescuers continue to work on the recovery of the victims were trapped in the mangled carriages. (REUTERS / Yves Herman)
6. The Russian embassy is not aware of Russian citizens who were killed or injured in train collision in Belgium. Local authorities have also not provide information on foreigners, injured in an accident on the railway. (REUTERS / Thierry Roge)
7. As a result of the accident was completely blocked rail link between Brussels and Tournai, Brussels and Mons. (REUTERS / Thierry Roge)
8. Rescuers carry the injured from the accident. (REUTERS / Thierry Roge)
9. Rail traffic between Brussels and France, as well as the movement of high-speed Eurostar trains between Brussels and London due to the collision is suspended for the day. (REUTERS / Yves Herman)
10. It is expected that the crash will come the King of Belgium Albert II and Prime Minister Yves Leterme, who urgently interrupts visit to Kosovo. (REUTERS / Yves Herman)
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12. A man carries a child from the accident on the railway near Brussels.
13. Physician leads the victim to the scene of the accident.
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The collision occurred around 8:30 am local time in the town of Halle. The mayor confirmed the 20 victims. In turn, the governor of the province of Flemish Brabant Lodewijk De Witte reported ten dead.
The reasons for the disaster are specified. According to preliminary information, the accident could have been caused by a malfunction in the control system, as a result of what followed towards each other trains were on the same path, ITAR-TASS reported.
Belgian media reported that convoys encountered in snowfall with limited visibility. The collision was so strong that the first train wagons stood on its hind legs, damaging power lines, reports BBC. After the accident, traffic was stopped on the high-speed train lines, including between Brussels and Paris.
13 ph via bigpicture
2. According to the testimony of one of the passengers, the collision was very strong, as the train in which he was, even before the collision did not make emergency braking. (AP Photo / Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
3. As stated by the governor of the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant Lodewijk De Witte, the collision was due to the fact that one of the trains traveling from Leuven, drove a red traffic light. The second train involved in the incident, he said, has complied with all rules of the road, but it was delayed by 10 minutes. (AP Photo / Yves Logghe)
4. According to the company, the railway network operator Infrabel, in the accident killed 27 people, another 30 were injured. (REUTERS / Yves Herman)
5. Rescuers continue to work on the recovery of the victims were trapped in the mangled carriages. (REUTERS / Yves Herman)
6. The Russian embassy is not aware of Russian citizens who were killed or injured in train collision in Belgium. Local authorities have also not provide information on foreigners, injured in an accident on the railway. (REUTERS / Thierry Roge)
7. As a result of the accident was completely blocked rail link between Brussels and Tournai, Brussels and Mons. (REUTERS / Thierry Roge)
8. Rescuers carry the injured from the accident. (REUTERS / Thierry Roge)
9. Rail traffic between Brussels and France, as well as the movement of high-speed Eurostar trains between Brussels and London due to the collision is suspended for the day. (REUTERS / Yves Herman)
10. It is expected that the crash will come the King of Belgium Albert II and Prime Minister Yves Leterme, who urgently interrupts visit to Kosovo. (REUTERS / Yves Herman)
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12. A man carries a child from the accident on the railway near Brussels.
13. Physician leads the victim to the scene of the accident.
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