3 killed and 9 injured in Belgium train collision

Three people have been killed and nine injured in a train crash in the Belgian town of Hermalle-sous-Huy near Leige, as the passenger train crashed into the back of a goods train at high speed, according to Belgium’s rail infrastructure manager, Infrabel. The two trains were on the same track. The passenger trains with about 40 people on board, was travelling between Leigh and Namur at about 90 km/h (55mph) when it hit the goods train. Two of the six carriages derailed are lying on the tracks according to a statement issued by Infrabel and the national rail operator SNCB. Some of the injured had to be freed from the wreckage and are in serious condition according to officials.