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Nando Times16 injured when trains collide in Belgium
LIEGE, Belgium (August 14, 2000 6:57 a.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com)
- Sixteen people were injured when two passenger trains collided head-on at slow speed close to the busy Liege station.
One of the two drivers was seriously injured but his life was not in danger, officials said. The accident occurred on a stretch where railworks had affected the train schedules, officials said.
Liege is located just miles east of where Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany meet.
-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), August 15, 2000