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| French crash: Children killed as school bus and train collide | 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 southern France, killing at least four children, the interior ministry says. | A train and a school bus have collided near Perpignan in southern France, killing at least four children, the interior ministry says. |
| Another 19 people were reported to be injured, seven of them seriously, in the accident on a railway crossing between Millas and Saint-Féliu-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. |
| Pictures from the scene showed the school bus sheared in two by the force of the crash. | Pictures from the scene showed the school bus sheared in two by the force of the crash. |
| Around 70 emergency workers and four helicopters were deployed as part of the rescue effort. | |
| The crash happened on a section of line between Perpignan and Villefranche-de-Conflent, the local news website l'Indépendant reports. | 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". | 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 taken to hospital in Perpignan. Rail travel is severely disrupted. | |
| 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. | 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." | 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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