India, May 26 -- Four people, including two children, were killed and two others were seriously injured on Tuesday morning when a passenger train struck a school minibus at a level crossing in this East Flanders town about 30 kilometres northwest of Brussels, federal officials said.

The collision occurred at 8:08 a.m. local time at the Vierhuizen crossing, roughly a kilometre from Buggenhout station, where the train had been preparing to stop. Photographs from the scene showed the minibus on its side beside the tracks, its front end crushed, with tents erected by emergency workers around it.

"A tragic collision between a train and a school bus took place in Buggenhout this morning. Four people have been killed, including two children,"...