A small school bus was struck by a train at a level crossing in Bruggenhout (a village in the Flemish region of Belgium, east of Brussels), killing four people including the bus driver, a chaperone, and two students aged 12 and 15. Five other pupils on board were hospitalised, with three remaining in serious condition a day after the crash. The incident has devastated the victims' school community, prompting a minute of silence in the Flemish parliament and an outpouring of grief from families, with the school offering professional psychological support to students and staff.