Two dead, one of them a minor, and 16 injured when a bus leaves the road in eastern France

Two people, one of them a minor, have died and another 16 have been injured, three of them seriously, this Friday in an accident involving a regional bus in eastern France, as reported by the prefecture of the Ain department, which had initially indicated that the two deceased were minors.

The bus, which covered the route between Lyon and Bourg-en-Bresse, was transporting 43 people, including 15 minors, according to the Bourg-en-Bresse Prosecutor's Office, which has opened an investigation for road homicide.

The driver of the vehicle has also been injured and has been hospitalized, so he has not yet been able to be questioned. The Prosecutor's Office has raised the number of extremely serious injuries to three.

The accident occurred around 7:00 a.m. this Friday on the D22 departmental road, when the bus left the road and collided with a tree located in a ditch, as explained by the mayor of the town, Yves Cristin.