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French school bus in fatal train crash French crash: Children killed as school bus and train collide
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A train and a school bus have collided near Perpignan in south France, leaving at least three dead, reports say. A train and a school bus have collided near Perpignan in southern France, killing at least four children, the interior ministry says.
Another nine people were reported to be injured on the bus, seven of them seriously in the incident between Millas and Saint-Feliu-d'Amont. Another 19 people were reported to be injured, seven of them seriously, in the incident between Millas and Saint-Feliu-d'Amont.
The students on the bus are reported to be between the ages of 11 and 15.The students on the bus are reported to be between the ages of 11 and 15.
"All emergency services have been mobilised and a crisis co-ordination unit set up," a local official told Reuters. Pictures from the scene showed the school bus sheared in two by the force of the crash.
Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne called the crash a "terrible accident" and said on Twitter that she was going to the scene, about 850km (530 miles) south of Paris. Emergency services were at the scene and a crisis co-ordination unit was set up.
The crash happened on a section of line between Perpignan and Villefranche-de-Conflent, the local news website l'Indépendant reports.
A witness who was on the train, named as Barbara, said "it was a very violent crash - it seemed as if the train would derail".
Casualties were being rushed to hospital in Perpignan.
Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne called the crash a "terrible accident" and said on Twitter that she was going to the scene, about 850km (530 miles) south of Paris. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe was also heading there.
In a tweet, French President Emmanuel Macron said: "All my thoughts for the victims of this terrible accident involving a school bus, as well as their families. The state is fully mobilised to help them."
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