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School bus and car collide in Saules, leaving two lightly injured
A school bus and a car collided in Saules, in the Doubs department of eastern France, on Monday evening.
The crash happened on the D492 at about 5:15 p.m., as the bus and car travelled in opposite directions.
Initial findings by gendarmes said the car moved slightly into the bus’s path before the collision.
The bus was carrying 42 children, and one child was lightly injured and taken to hospital for checks.
The car’s 47-year-old driver was also lightly injured and taken to hospital; toxicology tests were negative.
The other children were collected by their parents or transferred to another bus, while the D492 was closed for emergency crews.
Reports gave different totals for the people involved, with one provisional count saying 44; the later account specified 42 children on the bus.
A school bus and a car collided on the D492 at Saules in the Doubs on 2 November.
Two people were lightly injured: one child on the bus and the car’s 47-year-old driver.
The bus was carrying 42 children, according to L’Est Républicain.
The road was closed during the emergency response, which involved 14 firefighters and five vehicles.
- Who
- A Mobigo school bus carrying 42 children and a car driven by a 47-year-old woman.
- What
- The bus and car collided. A child and the driver were lightly injured.
- When
- 2 November, at about 17:00 to 17:15.
- Where
- On the D492 at Saules, in the Doubs.
- Why
- Police’s initial findings indicated that the car moved slightly out of its lane before colliding with the oncoming bus.
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A school bus and a car collided on the D492 at Saules.
Emergency crews attended, and the road was closed to traffic.
- Location
- D492, Saules, Doubs
- Date
- 2 November 2026
- People on bus
- 42 children
- Injured
- One child and the 47-year-old car driver, both lightly injured
- Emergency response
- 14 firefighters and five vehicles