The collision of two trains (KA) during commuter rush

The collision of two trains (KA) during commuter rush hour yesterday rocked Belgium (15 / 2).

Commuter train collision in dealing took place outside Buizingen station, near the city of Halle, 15 km southwest of Brussels, at 08.30 local time (at 14:30 GMT). At least 25 people were killed and 150 others were injured in the crash.

Prime Minister (PM) Belgium Yves Leterme directly to cancel the visit to Kosovo after receiving the news about the crash. Leterme to change course just a few minutes after landing at Pristina Airport, Kosovo.

''All the emergency aid has been deployed at the scene. The most seriously injured have been treated in place before being taken to the hospital the closest,''the mayor said Halle, Dirk Pieters.

The television station RTBF, the Minister of Home Affairs reported Etienne Schouppe many victims suffered serious injuries and should be amputated.

Data the death toll had initially confusing. Lodewijk De Witte, Flemish Brabant province governor, calls the 15 men and three women killed in the accident. However, he stated that the death toll may continue to grow.

While Dirk Pieters said, at least 20 people were killed in the crash. Data from the Belgian National Railways (Belgian railway company), as reported to the VRT radio network, said that 25 people were killed.

So great crash, the walls of one railway car peeling off due to other railway impassable. Once thrown, a few train carriages overturned in a position to cover the tracks in the next lane. Damaged electrical cables and cut off by the car hit. As a result, power lines in the area around the station was severely damaged.

So far the cause of the crash was not yet ascertained. According to the National Spokesperson for the Belgian Railways, Jochen Goovaerts, it waited for the investigation of the proper authority. One of the train was leaving from Liege to Quievrain. While other railway departs from Leuven to Braine-le-Comte.

Meanwhile, De Witte said the accident happened because one train is likely to ignore orders to stop through the red light. Rail conditions immediately covered with snow, making it hard to stop speed railway engineer.

The collision was''very hard. Trains can not seem braked. Trains overturned, and many passengers in shock,''said a passenger on RTL television.

Christian Wampach, 47, passenger, admitted not expect to have an accident. ''It was a nightmare. I along with other passengers flew for 15 seconds. There are a number of injuries in my car. But, I think all the victims killed in the first car,''he said with his head bandaged. He was treated at the sports complex where many victims of minor injuries can be treated.

''When he came out of the car, we saw many bodies lying on the tracks and railway line. Some are in a state cut,''the story Patricia Lallemand, 40, passengers in the same carriage with Wampach. But, Lallemand no injuries.

Collision is an impact on railway traffic, including in western Europe. Train travel from Brussels to the Belgian southwest discontinued. Similarly, fast train line between Paris and Brussels. Express train Thalys and Eurostar is out of the city of Brussels is also affected.

Thalys advised the passengers to change travel. We have fast Thalys International operates trains linking major cities in Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands. Thalys spokeswoman Patricia Baars, the density of states occurs because the railway company using the same track with commuter train near Halle.

Thalys has 25 train lines operating in Paris and Brussels each day. In addition, they operate seven trains connecting Brussels with Amsterdam and six train from Belgium to Cologne, Germany.

None''(Thalys trains) that run today. It's hard to know when the train can operate again,''said Baars told the Associated Press.

Eurostar said, they might shut down all day. Through its website, Eurostar informed that they would not serve the railway that came out and headed for Brussels.

The collision was the worst in Belgium since March 28, 2001. At that time, trains full of passengers crossing the wrong path so that the empty train collided (without passengers). Eight people were killed. Two years ago, more than 40 people injured when the train drove on the wrong lane and crashed into railway transport in Hermalle-sous-Huy, Belgium the middle.