A bus carrying children was torn in half by the train

The bus broke down just at the railway crossing.

In Belgium, a bus was evacuated seconds before a train tore it in half at a level crossing.

Need To Know writes about it.

There was a mighty roar as the speeding locomotive smashed into the side of the single-decker bus. The collision occurred just four minutes after the bus derailed.

According to local media, there were 20 children on the bus at that time. The driver evacuated them in time, and at the time of the collision there was no one on board.

The bus was torn to pieces by the force of the collision in Veldegem on the morning of Friday, November 29. According to the Belgian railway operator Infrabel, the emergency call was made too late. As a result, there was not enough time to stop the…