Two killed after school bus crashes in eastern France
Summary
A bus carrying school children veered off the road and crashed on Friday morning south of Bourg-en-Bresse in the Ain region of eastern France, killing two people, according to reports citing French authorities. Sky News and ABC News named the dead as a seven-year-old girl and an 18-year-old young man or boy, and Channel NewsAsia described the 18-year-old as a man. The bus struck a tree and landed in a ditch, according to ABC News, and a photo from the scene carried by The Hindu, citing BFM TV, shows it in a ditch. France 24 reported that 43 passengers were on board and that 23 people were injured, while Hindustan Times and NDTV reported 16 injured. The passengers included children travelling to middle and high schools in the area, according to NDTV. Emergency services deployed helicopters to the scene, and authorities launched an investigation into the circumstances of the crash, according to Euronews. Deutsche Welle reported that Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot was on his way to the scene. A Hindustan Times headline says the driver 'dozed off', but the reports do not give further detail on that claim. The reports do not say what condition the injured are in.
Timeline
Sky News
Source ↗Sky News reports, citing French authorities, that one child and a young adult were killed after a bus carrying schoolchildren crashed in eastern France.
Deutsche Welle
Source ↗Deutsche Welle reports that a school bus has crashed in France, with reports of several victims.
Deutsche Welle
Source ↗Deutsche Welle reports that a bus carrying school children crashed, killing two, after it reportedly veered off the road and crashed into a tree, and that Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot was on his way to the scene.
BBC
Source ↗The BBC reports, citing local authorities, that one child and one young adult were killed in the crash, with more people injured.
Euronews
Source ↗Euronews reports that a minor and a young adult were killed when a bus carrying pupils crashed in eastern France on Friday morning, and that emergency services deployed helicopters while authorities launched an investigation.
France 24
Source ↗France 24 reports that a bus carrying school children crashed south of Bourg-en-Bresse, killing at least two people and injuring 23 others, with 43 passengers in total on board.
Hindustan Times
Source ↗Hindustan Times reports that two people, one a minor, died when an intercity bus carrying students crashed in the Ain region of eastern France, leaving 16 injured.
NDTV
Source ↗NDTV reports that a minor and one other person were killed and 16 others injured in the French bus accident, and that the passengers included children travelling to middle and high schools in the area.
The Hindu
Source ↗The Hindu reports, citing BFM TV, that the passengers included children travelling to middle and high schools in the area, and that a photo from the scene shows the bus had veered off the road and landed in a ditch.
Sky News
Source ↗Sky News reports, citing French authorities, that a seven-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy were killed after a bus crashed in eastern France.
ABC News
Source ↗ABC News reports that a seven-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy were killed after a bus veered off a road in eastern France, struck trees and landed in a ditch, and that the bus carried schoolchildren.
Channel NewsAsia
Source ↗Channel NewsAsia reports that a school bus carrying 43 passengers crashed into a tree in eastern France, killing a seven-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man.
Hindustan Times
Source ↗Hindustan Times reports in its headline that a seven-year-old girl was among two killed in a France bus crash after the driver 'dozed off'.
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