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One person dead, up to 25 injured in train derailment in Belgium – media

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The Leuven fire department has confirmed to local media that two people are in critical condition and 23 others have been injured. 14 people have already been transferred to local hospitals for treatment.

“The victim who died, was not on the train,” Leuven mayor Louis Tobback told VTM. “A judicial inquiry should determine what that person was doing there,” he added.

@VTMNIEUWS treinongeval Leuven pic.twitter.com/a9edqEYZZh

— Frederik Vranken (@FrederikVranken) February 18, 2017

“The train derailed around 13:20 hours at the departure from the station of Leuven, in the transition area a few hundred meters past the platform,” a spokesman for Belgium’s railway company, Infrabel, told De Standaard.

Eerste beelden van de plaats van het ongeval #Leuven#robnieuwspic.twitter.com/cRsNWwmRiY

— ROB-tv (@rob_televisie) February 18, 2017

It is also reported that there were between 50 and 60 passengers on the train.

Leuven Police have confirmed that 50 people have been evacuated from the scene of the crash and with several currently being treated for minor injuries.

Een 50-tal geëvacueerde reizigers van de ontspoorde trein in #Leuven worden tijdelijk opgevangen in het Politiehuis aan de Philipssite.

— Politie Leuven (@PolitieLeuven) February 18, 2017

Belgium’s Prime Minister Charles Michel took to Twitter en route to the scene of the crash site to thank the emergency services.

“Condolences to victims and family members of the train accident in #Leuven. Thanks to the emergency services for rapid intervention,” Belgium’s Prime Minister Charles Michel said on Twitter.

Police officers and officials stand next to a train after it derailed in Kessel-Lo, Leuven, on February 18, 2017.© Siegried Evens / AFP

Medeleven met slachtoffers en familieleden van het treinongeval in #Leuven. Dank aan de hulpdiensten voor snelle interventie.

— Charles Michel (@CharlesMichel) February 18, 2017

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