School bus crash in eastern France leaves several victims
A school bus carrying students crashed in eastern France on Friday morning, leaving several victims according to local officials and ministers.
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A school bus has crashed in eastern France, leaving several victims according to officials cited by BBC News. The incident occurred on Friday morning in the town of Lent, located north-east of Lyon and approximately 34 miles from the border with Switzerland. [1][3]
Town mayor Yves Cristin told French media that the vehicle left the road and hit a tree in the ditch. BBC News reported that the Ain prefecture and education minister also confirmed that there were several victims resulting from the crash. [1][3]
French Education Minister Édouard Geffray confirmed that students were involved in the accident. Geffray told reporters that his thoughts were with the students affected by the crash. Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot stated that he was traveling to the scene. [1]
In short
- A school bus crashed on Friday morning in Lent, north-east of Lyon.
- The town's mayor said the bus left the road and hit a tree in a ditch.
- French officials confirmed that students were involved and that there were several victims.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]'Several victims' after school bus crashes in France, officials sayBBC News, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]Several commercial flights made either unscheduled or high-alert landings in France, Italy, Belgium and Bulgaria, according to authorities in the various countries. Planes made unscheduled landings in Evreux, France; and in Bulgaria. A flight from Finland lanFacebook, 1d ago
- [3]'Several victims' after school bus crashes in France, officials sayBBC, 1h ago
Background
- [4]Air India Flight 171 on Wikipedia
- [5]2025 Dhaka Chengdu J-7 crash on Wikipedia
- [6]France on Grokipedia
- [7]Man dies after car crashes through entrance of Wolverhampton Lidl supermarket FTMQ News, 13d ago
- [8]Three children taken to hospital after Newport school bus crashes FTMQ News, 17d ago
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 8 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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