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Bus crashes in eastern France, several victims, authorities say

Officials said the bus left the road and hit a tree, and emergency crews used a helicopter to take seriously injured victims to hospital.

  • On Friday morning, a bus crashed in Ain, eastern France near Switzerland, with Education Minister Edouard Geffray reporting "several victims."
  • Local authorities reported the incident involved an intercity bus in the Lent area, though Geffray characterized it as a school bus.
  • Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot is traveling to the scene, while local mayors assist emergency services with the ongoing rescue operation.
  • Authorities activated the departmental operations center, or COD, to coordinate the response, while the public was asked to avoid the area.
  • Initial reports indicate about two fatalities, though these remain unconfirmed as authorities officially reported only "several victims.
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Now on the g1 A bus suffered an accident on the morning of Friday (6) in the east of France, near the border with Switzerland, and left "several victims", local authorities reported. ✅ Follow the international news channel of the g1 in WhatsApp There was still no official information, until the last update of this report, if the victims included only injured or if they had also died. Education Minister Edouard Geffray said that the accident invo…

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School bus crashes in France, there are casualties In the city of Lent, a school bus went off the road and <p>crashed into a tree. It is reported that 70 are involved, there are casualties</p>.

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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Multiple people were killed in a bus accident in France. The accident occurred near the town of Lent, in eastern France, close to the Swiss border. Local newspaper La Voix de l'Ain reports that the regional transport bus was en route to Bourg-en-Bresse. There were seventy people on board, including secondary school students. "My thoughts are with the students and their families," responded Minister of Education Édouard Geffray on BFMTV. "It is…

·Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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The bus crashed and crashed into a tree, lying in a ditch in Lent, east of France. The exact number of wounded is not yet known. Minister of Transport moved to the site.

·Lisboa, Portugal
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SEVERAL people have been killed in a serious bus accident in eastern France, and authorities are still determining whether it was a school bus or an intercity bus.

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Reuters broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Friday, November 6, 2026.
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