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Death Toll From School Bus, Train Collision in France Rises to 6 - Reports

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Death Toll From School Bus, Train Collision in France Rises to 6 - Reports

10:29 GMT 15.12.2017 (Updated: 19:42 GMT 17.10.2022)

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The deadly accident occurred on Thursday in the south of France when the school bus collided with a regional train, killing 4 people immediately and leaving at least 17 others injured.

The number of people killed after the bus with children was hit by the train has risen to six, Reuters reports, citing a source familiar with the investigation.

According to the French media, two 11-year-old schoolgirls have died as a result of the injuries.

French Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer has arrived at the College de Millas where the victims of the tragedy studied.

France Millas train crash: Children killed as bus cut in two https://t.co/QkyoDLtTMv pic.twitter.com/3PGwiOe9II
— Nicole (@nic120688) December 15, 2017

French firemen evacuate an injured passenger after a regional TER train rammed into a fallen tree in Saint-Aunes, France, east of Montpellier - Sputnik International

At Least 60 People Injured in Train Accident in Southern France

17 August 2016, 14:47 GMT

A school bus, which was traveling between Perpignan and Villefranche-de-Conflent, was cut in half in a violent collision with a train at a railway crossing at Los Palaus in Millas province, France close to the Spanish border.

As a result of the accident, four children aged from 12 to 13 died immediately and 16 other people and the bus driver were injured. The investigation into the cause of the crash is still underway.