A passenger train slammed at high speed into a slow-moving freight train in eastern Belgium, killing three people and sending 10 others to hospital.

Search teams today located one black box from the wreckage around two trains that crashed into each other near Brussels, killing 18 people and injuring over 170.

One train driver survived the head-on crash that killed at least 18 people outside of Brussels and will be questioned as soon as his serious injuries permit it, railway officials said today as the search resumed for more victims.

A commuter train today collided with a freight train in south-east Belgium, leaving 30 passengers injured, officials said.

Two trains have collided in western Belgium, leaving three people seriously injured.