FEBRUARY 19, 20173:14AM
ONE person has been killed and about 20 injured, two seriously when a carriage toppled onto its side in a train derailment in Belgium.
Rail operator SNCB said the passenger train bound for Brussels jumped the tracks shortly after leaving the city of Leuven, 25 kilometres east of the capital at about 1:20pm local time.
Police inspect the derailed train. Picture: Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFPSource:AFP
Pictures posted on the internet showed one carriage had come to rest on its side part way down a small slope.
Services between Leuven and Brussels were suspended, including some trains heading to the airport.
Photos of the accident showed one passenger car lying on its side. Picture: Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFPSource:AFP
