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Two dead after bus carrying students crashes in eastern France
A bus crash in Lent, eastern France, killed two people on Friday morning.
The bus was carrying around 70 people when it left the road and hit a tree.
One person who died was a child and the other was a young adult.
Three people are in critical condition, while 13 have minor injuries.
French officials said students were involved, and emergency services are at the scene.
A helicopter is taking seriously injured people to a specialised hospital.
A bus carrying students crashed near Lent in eastern France on Friday morning, killing one child and one young adult, authorities said.
Sixteen people were injured, including three who were seriously hurt, according to the Ain prefecture.
The crash happened at around 07:00 local time, according to the BBC.
The bus was carrying around 70 people, the town’s mayor told French media.
Emergency services and law enforcement officers were deployed, and a helicopter was sent to transport seriously injured victims to hospital.
- Who
- The bus passengers included students. One child and one young adult died, and 16 people were injured.
- What
- An intercity bus crashed after leaving the road and hitting a tree in a ditch.
- When
- Friday morning, around 07:00 local time.
- Where
- Near Lent in the Ain region of eastern France, north-east of Lyon.
- Why
- Not stated.
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The bus crashed near Lent after leaving the road and hitting a tree in a ditch.
Emergency services and law enforcement officers were deployed, and a helicopter was sent to transport seriously injured victims to hospital.
- Deaths
- One child and one young adult
- Injuries
- 16 people, including three seriously injured
- Location
- Near Lent, Ain region, eastern France
- Time
- Around 07:00 local time on Friday
- Passengers
- Around 70 people aboard, according to the town’s mayor
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left the road and hit a tree in the ditch
It is always a difficult moment when our students, our children, are victims of an accident like this. My thoughts, and those of the government and the entire education community, are with the families
a serious bus accident