A school bus crashed in Lent, France, on Friday, killing a 7-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy and injuring 16 people, three seriously, officials said.
A bus carrying children to school crashed Friday morning in eastern France, killing a 7-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy, Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said.
Sixteen people were injured, three seriously, the prefecture in Ain said.
The bus veered off the road in a rural area northeast of Lyon, struck trees and landed in a ditch, according to a photograph from the scene. The crash occurred in Lent, France, on Friday, Nov. 6, 2026.
Tabarot visited the scene and described the crash as a “tragic accident,” expressing condolences to the victims’ families.
“This is a bus operated by the regional authority that was transporting about 15 students” and other passengers, he said.
News broadcaster BFM TV reported that the passengers included children traveling to middle and high schools in the area.
Lent Mayor Yves Cristin told broadcaster Franceinfo that “the road was a little wet, there was no fog, and we don’t understand why the bus ... veered off the road.”
Education Minister Édouard Geffray told reporters during a visit to a high school in the Paris region: “It is always a difficult moment when our students, our children, are victims of an accident like this. My thoughts, and those of the government and the entire education community, are with the families.”
The crash killed two children and injured 16 people, three seriously, in eastern France. French government ministers and local officials have responded to the incident, and the cause of the crash remains unclear.
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