One person has died and at least 19 people are injured after
a passenger train in Belgium derailed Saturday east of Brussels, police in the
town of Leuven said.
The emergency services at the scene have evacuated about 50
passengers, according to the national railway operator Infrabel. Some of them
are seriously injured.
Police officers and officials stand next to a train after it
derailed Saturday in Leuven, east of Brussels.
Infrabel said in a statement that the accident took place at local time as the train with about 100 people on board was
traveling from Leuven toward Brussels, the capital.
The train derailed shortly after leaving Leuven station for
reasons yet to be determined, it said, and one of the cars overturned.
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