在比利时首都布鲁塞尔郊外，两辆载满乘客的通勤列车迎头相撞，导致至少18人丧生，多人受伤。星期一早上的撞车事故发生在布鲁塞尔西南大约15公里的伯伊津恩火车站外，当时两辆列车上载有250到300名乘客，事发时有降雪。
该省省长洛德韦克.德维克对记者说，撞车事故发生在交通高峰期，当时一辆列车显然闯了红灯，撞上另一列快车。铁路官员星期一早些时候报告说有25人死亡。受伤人数仍在统计，撞车现场的救援工作下午仍在继续。电视画面显示，两辆火车相撞后向上顶起，车厢四散遍野。列车相撞时的运行速度尚不清楚。
Two packed commuter trains have crashed head-on outside Brussels, killing at least 18 people and injuring many others. The trains, carrying between 250 and 300 passengers, collided in snowy conditions Monday morning just outside a train station in Buizingen, about 15 kilometers southwest of the Belgian capital.
Provincial Governor Lodewijk De Witte told reporters the rush-hour crash occurred when one of the trains apparently ran a red light and plowed into an express train. Rail officials earlier Monday reported 25 deaths. The number of injured was still being tallied, as rescue efforts continued at the crash site Monday afternoon. Television footage showed the two smashed locomotives forced up in the air, with passenger cars strewn over a wide area. Train speed at the time of the crash was not immediately known.
