Two dead and 16 wounded in a school bus accident in France
A bus derailment carrying passengers including children near the French town of Lente has resulted in the deaths of a minor and a young man and 16 injuries of varying severity.
Rapid rescue teams entered the scene to immediately evacuate the injured and transport them to nearby hospitals.
Data from the crash site indicates that the two victims were a minor and a young man who were on board the bus as it traveled, while 16 other passengers suffered various injuries.
The school bus was carrying a number of passengers, including children who were on their way to school before deviating from its usual route in the rural town. Emergency teams and ambulances have begun intensive field operations to dismantle the wreckage of the damaged bus with the aim of removing trapped people from the structure and providing necessary first aid to the injured.
Specialised units and rescue teams continue to dismantle and intervene at the scene a few kilometres from the town of Borg-on-Pries to secure traffic, monitor the condition of the injured and transport critical cases to the relevant hospitals for treatment.