Perpignan crash

Perpignan crash
Date 14 December 2017
Time around 16:00 CET (15:00 UTC)
Location Millas, Arrondissement of Perpignan, Occitanie
Country France
Rail line Perpignan – Villefranche-de-Conflent
Operator SNCF
Type of incident Collision with a road vehicle on a level crossing
Cause Under investigation
Statistics
Deaths 6 (the fifth victim died the day after the crash, the sixth was announced on 18 December)[1]
Injuries 24

The Perpignan crash occurred when a train crashed into a school bus on a level crossing between Millas and Saint-Féliu-d'Amont in the Arrondissement of Perpignan in the French province of Occitanie at about 4pm on 14 December 2017. The bus was severed into two. Four pupils on board were killed on the day, and 24 were seriously injured – one of whom died the following day.[2][3] A sixth fatality was recorded on 18 December.[4] Trains between Perpignan and Villefranche have been cancelled.[3][5]

Investigation

While visiting the scene, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said that the "circumstances of this terrible drama are still undetermined."[6] The Minister of Transport Élisabeth Borne also visited the scene.[5] An SNCF official said "several witnesses said the barrier was down" at the time of the crash.[6] According to her employer, the bus driver says that the barriers were up and safe.[7] Drugs and alcohol tests for both the train and the bus drivers were negative.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Press, The Associated (15 December 2017). "French Death Toll Rises to 5 Children in Train-Bus Crash". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Children die in French train collision". Bbc.co.uk. 14 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 Oliphant, Vickiie (14 December 2017). "Horror as 4 teenagers killed and 24 injured as school bus cut in half in train crash". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Death toll from French school bus collision rises to six – official". Reuters. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  5. 1 2 "VIDÉO. Pyrénées-Orientales: Quatre enfants tués et une vingtaine de blessés dans une collision entre un bus scolaire et un train". 20minutes.fr. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Four children killed in bus-train collision in southern France". Nydailynews.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Collision à Millas : les investigations s'annoncent difficiles". Leparisien.fr. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
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