The accident occurred on the main road 437, between Montflovin and Montbenoît, the road is snowy. According to Senior Assistant Lucie Aubrac school, Franck Lucea, in the vehicle, which was carrying 32 children from the prefecture, were “college students and high school students may be.” “We set up a listening cell with psychologists and school nurse,” he added. “For now, we try to maintain a maximum normal activity in the institution”, which has 635 pupils, has he said. According to the newspaper l’Est Républicain, teenagers who escaped unharmed from the accident were welcomed into the hall of Montbenoît.
The reasons and circumstances of the road out of the bus, which was traveling on a narrow path between a mountain and a river, were not specified, but no collision with another vehicle n ‘ took place, said the prefecture. At the scene of the accident, the bus was found lying on its side and with the crushed roof and the ground was covered with snow, according to the first elements of the investigation. The lifting operation of the school bus occurred in the morning. The four injured were evacuated to the hospital in Pontarlier, adds the prefecture. The area suffered heavy rains and strong winds in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, according to Météo-France, making it probably the difficult traffic conditions.
According to the website of France 3 Franche-Comté, Christine Touchstone, County Board Chair Doubs, visited the scene of the drama, and the rector. A hotline has been set up 0805090125
The Doubs Prefecture triggered the Novi plane (toll).. It had launched a warning bulletin Tuesday to announce bad weather with the presence of snow and ice.
live emotion Cazeneuve, sadness Valls
In a statement, Hollande assured that “all light will be shed on the circumstances of this tragedy . All services are on site to provide the necessary help and support families. ” The president sent “to the relatives of the victims” his “sincere condolences and assure them of the solidarity of the whole nation.”
On Twitter, the Prime Minister Manuel Valls expressed sadness after this drama.
Meanwhile, Bernard Cazeneuve expressed his “emotion” following the death of two teenagers. The Minister of the Interior says in a statement that “four other people were injured slightly, including the bus driver. An investigation will determine the exact circumstances of the accident. “
The most serious bus accident in France is that of Beaune (Côte d’Or) who had 53 dead, including 44 children, on 1 August 1982 . June 2, 2008, seven children were killed in Allinges (Haute-Savoie) in a collision between a school bus and TER at a level crossing in the locality Mésinges. And in October last collision near Libourne (Gironde), had killed 43 people.
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MAP. The accident occurred on the D437 in Montbenoît (Doubs)
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