
A coach linking Lyon to Bourg-en-Bresse left the road Friday morning in Ain.
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An intercity bus linking Lyon to Bourg-en-Bresse hit a tree on the D22 in Lent. The accident required the deployment of a major emergency system.
The tragedy occurred around 7 a.m., Friday November 6, on the D22 departmental road, in the Lent sector (Ain), located about ten kilometers south of Bourg-en-Bresse. A bus from an interurban transport line, traveling between Lyon and Bourg-en-Bresse, "left the road and hit a tree in the ditch", Yves Cristin, the mayor of Lent, told AFP. Here's what we know about it.
Two people dead and 16 injured
The human toll is particularly heavy. The prosecution announced that two people died in the accident, a seven-year-old girl and an 18-year-old young man. Sixteen other people were injured, including three seriously, according to the prefecture. Around forty people were on board the bus, including 15 minors, at the time of the accident, the prosecution said.
In his first statements, the mayor of Lent reported numerous injuries and two people in cardio-respiratory arrest.
A major emergency system mobilized
On site, a major rescue system was deployed, including the intervention of four aerial aircraft, 50 gendarmes, 102 firefighters on board 58 machines and eight mobile emergency and resuscitation structures. The prefect and the prosecutor of Ain as well as the president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional council, Fabrice Pannekoucke, went to the scene to monitor the situation and support the operations.
Faced with the seriousness of the accident, the departmental operational center was activated by the prefect of Ain. This structure makes it possible to coordinate the action of all the actors involved in crisis management.
The municipal protection plan has been triggered. The municipality, for its part, welcomes the families of those involved in the accident in the Lent village hall. A psychological unit has also been set up. Approved civil security and victim assistance associations were also called upon for support.
Due to the emergency response and ongoing operations, the authorities are asking the population to avoid the Lent sector. Diversions have been put in place by the departmental council to secure the area.
Circumstances still unknown
At this stage, the precise circumstances of this exit from the road remain to be determined. The reasons why the bus left the road are not yet known. “The public prosecutor's office, which immediately went to the scene of the accident, decided to open a blatant investigation into charges of road homicide and aggravated road injuries, entrusted to the research section of the Lyon gendarmerie,” the prefecture said in a press release. The driver, hospitalized, has not yet been heard.
The Minister of Transport visits the site
“Following the serious bus accident that occurred in Lent, I am going to the site,” announced on X, the Minister of Transport, Philippe Tabarot. He heard the news while he was at Gare de Lyon in Paris, where he was to board the new TGV M, which connects the capital to Marseille.
For his part, the Minister of National Education, Edouard Geffray, expressed his emotion during a press conference devoted to another subject. “It’s always a challenge when our children are victims of an accident of this nature,” he said.
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