Three people died and around 40 were injured late Sunday after a passenger train collided with a freight train west of Liege in Belgium, local media reported.
“The passenger train crashed into the freight train. The investigation into the reasons of the accident is underway,” Frederick Sakr, a spokesperson for the state-run railway company Infrabel said.
The trains collided near Hermalle-sous-Huy on the border between the municipalities of municipality Saint-Georges-Sur-Meuse and Engis, the Belgian news agency Belga cited town mayor Francis Dejon as saying.
Hermalle-sous-Huy: « L’accident est d’une très grande gravité » https://t.co/uvCNQAqCST pic.twitter.com/30nzZOO3tK
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The collision was very severe, he told Le Soir newspaper, adding the death toll was preliminary. The cause of the crash is unknown.
