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Tuesday, 27 March, 2001, 14:36 GMT 15:36 UK
In pictures: Belgian train crash
Pictures of the Belgian train crash at Pecrot, outside Brussels, where two trains hit each other head-on during the morning rush hour.

Aerial view of Belgian train crash
Officials say one train apparently went through a red light

Firemen in wreckage
Firemen had to cut away wreckage to reach passengers

Train wreckage
Some carriages landed on top of others

Man taken away on stretcher
Many of the 80 on board were injured...


...and both train drivers were killed

Train crash, Pecrot
Cranes were used to separate the crushed carriages

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