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At least 18 killed in Belgian train collision

World Feb. 16, 2010 - 07:00AM JST ( 8 )

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chottoFeb. 16, 2010 - 08:34AM JST

They should install seat belts on high-speed trains.
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sarcasm123Feb. 16, 2010 - 09:15AM JST

Haha, "high-speed trains", in Belgium?? Good one! :P
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guisfansubsFeb. 16, 2010 - 09:27AM JST

I live in the town next to the accident and was in the train before the ones that collided. So it is a really big shock to me.

This needs to be corrected in the article: It is not king Baudouin, he passed away years ago. Albert II is the ruling king now.

@chotto: It were no high speed trains, it were inter City trains that do not run that fast.
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tarentoFeb. 16, 2010 - 10:19AM JST

Try not to ride the front car of any train - lest you be the first to go in a head-on or a derailment.
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bobobolinskiFeb. 16, 2010 - 11:39AM JST

@sarcasnm123 - I fail to see what is funny here. It was a tragic accident.
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MidnightpromiseFeb. 16, 2010 - 03:12PM JST

chotto, the injuries were not busted lips and bruised foreheads from a fender bender. Cars and engines were ripped apart and thrown from the tracks, seat belts would have not done much to save the dead.
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nandakandamandaFeb. 16, 2010 - 04:15PM JST

Investigators will be wanting to find the red-light-jumping train driver's mobile phone, I bet.

The dead are dead now, RIP, and heartfelt sympathies to the families, but the suffering of the injured will be horrendous.
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goddogFeb. 16, 2010 - 11:50PM JST

It is not the speed per say but the mass behind the momentum. u ain't gonna stop no huge mass of trains.