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Girl, 7, among two killed in French bus crash

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The collision near the village of Lent claimed the lives of a child and an 18-year-old passenger, while three individuals remain hospitalized in critical condition. Forty-three people were aboard the commuter vehicle, including 15 minors on their morning school journey. Survivors fled the heavily damaged wreckage through cracked windows and torn side panels following the violent impact. Authorities have launched a vehicular homicide inquiry, though initial drug screenings for the rescued driver came back negative.

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  • French authorities have opened an official investigation into homicide by vehicle to dete…: French authorities have opened an official investigation into homicide by vehicle to determine the crash causes.
  • The driver was cut from the wreckage and initially tested negative for illicit drug use.: The driver was cut from the wreckage and initially tested negative for illicit drug use.
  • Local officials confirmed that the stretch of road where the bus crashed into a ditch was…: Local officials confirmed that the stretch of road where the bus crashed into a ditch was well maintained.

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A school bus carrying 43 passengers crashed into a tree in eastern France, killing a seven-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man.

LENT, France: A seven-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man were killed when a bus carrying schoolchildren veered off the road and crashed into a tree in eastern France on Friday (Nov 6), the government said.

Three people were in critical condition while around 20 others had sustained less serious injuries in the accident on Friday morning near the village of Lent, Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said.

The bus was travelling between the city of Lyon and the town of Bourg-en-Bresse with 43 passengers, including 15 minors on their way to school, prosecutors said.

Regional weekly La Voix de l'Ain published a photograph showing the white-and-blue bus in a ditch, with its front end heavily damaged.

A 17-year-old survivor, who escaped with minor injuries, said after the crash the bus was littered with shattered glass and blood, with tree branches protruding into the vehicle and broken phones scattered throughout.

The bus had passed through Lent when, shortly afterwards, "the driver…

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