18th february Work

Originally on the 15th of February , there was an estimated to have at least 20 fatal casualties, after two trains had collided outside the Belgian capital of Brussels. As it was only a few hours after the crash the cause of the crash was still unknown. BBC news also chose to talk about two other similar train crashes in and outside the Belgian capital, perhaps highlighting a possible problem with the Belgian train service.
Later in the day BBC1 Newsbeat confirmed the death toll at 18, less than the original estimation. However it states other officials claimed there were 25 deaths, the BBC here is clearly making sure to cover other sides of what is being said in an attempt to remain impartial. Though at this time it was still unclear what had caused the accident. As it was a radio program hours after the accident they had time to go more in depth with what had happened, explaining more about the non fatal casualties and more information on the train and number of passengers. As a Radio show it also allowed for an interview with one of the survivors of the crash, detailing what happened and how they felt. A difference to other types of news reports is that at the end it asks for anyone involved, or in and around the area to call in and tell them about their experiences relating to the incident, something that can’t really be done on a newspaper article or to a limited extent on a web article. Other radio shows such as Five live did not cover the train crash. BBC news on the 16th February, the day after the crash it was reported that the Police were waiting to talk to one of the Drivers who left the drivers seat moments before the crash, indicating that he was a suspect for causing the crash on purpose. Though there was still no confirmation on the cause of the crash. There were more details on how the crash occurred, explaining that the crash occurred after the two trains collided laterally, however it did not explain why the trains had errored in way to cause this to happen. On the 17th BBC reported that due to the Halle train crash had caused the Eurostar to be suspended for a week. The story itself had most likely had no new information from the day before thus the indirect consequences of the crash were being reported on.
Strangely BBC news and Newsbeat seemed to be the only people to report on the crash, perhaps due to it happening abroad thus taking less priority than perhaps lesser scale incidents occurring in Britain.