BELGIUM: Belgian officials and families gather at school where some of Swiss bus crash victims came from

Record ID: 382783

  • Title: BELGIUM: Belgian officials and families gather at school where some of Swiss bus crash victims came from
  • Date: 15th March 2012
  • Summary: HEVERLEE, BELGIUM (MARCH 14, 2012) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF PRIMARY SCHOOL ST LAMBER, SCHOOL BUS PASSING BY NAME OF SCHOOL SAINT LAMBERTUS ON WALL POLICEMEN STANDING IN FRONT OF MAIN GATE, MOTHER AND CHILD ENTERING SCHOOL MEDIA IN FRONT OF SCHOOL PARENTS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN COMFORTING EACH OTHER, FILMED THROUGH GATE POLICE GIVING INFORMATION TO PARENTS TWO MILITARY PERSONNEL WALKING TROUGH GATE POLICE VAN IN FRONT OF SCHOOL PARENTS LEAVING SCHOOL POLICE OFFICERS LEAVING SCHOOL BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 30th March 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Belgium, Belgium
  • Country: Belgium
  • Topics: Accidents
  • Reuters ID: LVA7V73WTMUJ9H0BJIR3LAQV125E
  • Story Text: Belgium was in shock on Wednesday (March 14) morning as the news of a deadly bus crash in Switzerland carrying Belgian school children became known.
    Most of people in the bus came from the Belgian towns of Heverlee and Lommel, both situated in the Dutch speaking region of Flanderen. The children were on the way back from a ski-trip when it crashed into the wall of a tunnel at Sierre in Switzerland, killing 28 people, 22 of them children, police said.
    The bus was transporting 52 as it was heading back to Belgium from a skiing holiday camp, police said. 28 people died in the crash, of which 22 children, police said.
    Police was present at the primary school St Lambertus in Heverlee on Wednesday morning, and parents who were bringing their children to school were seen comforting each other as they heard the news.
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