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Belgian train crash
15th February 2010 The BBC are reporting that at least 20 people have been killed in a head-on collision between two trains outside of Brussels.Railway officials said the two trains collided during the morning rush hour at Halle, south-west of Brussels.
The local mayor told Belgian media that at least 20 people had been killed in the crash, but railway officials could not confirm the figure.
Belgian media said the trains collided in snowy conditions.
Mayor Dirk Pieters said "the most recent information we have is that 20 people died".
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