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The horse had broken out of a meadow shortly before the accident and was killed on impact.
Nobody on the train was injured. A passenger who is pregnant was taken to hospital as a precaution.
Train traffic between Puurs and Mechelen was halted for a while.
The rail company NMBS deployed shuttle buses to ferry stranded passengers to their destination.
Flandersnews.be / Expatica