Five injured after bus and car collide in Verviers
Five people were injured when a bus and a car collided in Verviers, in Belgium's eastern Liège province, according to Het Laatste Nieuws. Emergency services attended the scene and the injured were taken for treatment.
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- Five people were injured in a collision between a bus and a car in Verviers, per Het Laatste Nieuws.
- Verviers is in the province of Liège, in French-speaking Wallonia, eastern Belgium.
- Emergency services attended the scene and the injured were taken for treatment.
- The cause of the crash and the severity of injuries had not been officially confirmed at publication.
The incident is a road traffic collision in Verviers, a city of roughly 55,000 people in the province of Liège, in French-speaking Wallonia near Belgium's eastern border. It involved a passenger bus and a private car. Public buses in the Liège–Verviers area are operated by TEC, the Walloon regional transport company; Belgium Pulse has not independently confirmed which service or operator the bus belonged to.
Background
Road collisions remain a constant challenge for Belgian cities. Federal road-safety body Vias institute and regional authorities publish regular casualty figures, and urban crashes involving public transport draw particular attention because of the number of people a single vehicle can carry. Verviers, a compact city on Belgium's eastern edge, sits within the TEC-served Liège transport network.
What to do
Travellers through central Verviers should check with TEC and local traffic services for live route and closure information.
Impact
Regional — Central Verviers is likely to have seen temporary road closures and possible bus-route diversions while emergency services worked at the scene. Residents and commuters in the Liège–Verviers corridor may have experienced short-term travel delays.
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