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The are said to have wedged pieces of concrete into the mechanism of a set of points (switches) and then placed a concrete block onto the line. This derailed a train into the path of an oncoming train on another track. They had earlier placed a piece of concrete in the path of another train. The train however only broke the concrete and did not derail. The boys ages are 8, 9 and 13. The two younger children are brothers. The driver of the oncoming train died shortly after the collision and the driver of the derailed train is said to be in a serious condition. Two more railwaymen were also seriously hurt. The incident occured near Charleroi on the Namur-Charleroi which carries traffic between Paris and Cologne. <
SNCB (Belgian Railways)
Belgium: 71 hurt as trains collide 29 Jan 2000
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