LIVE - Bus accident in Ain: two people dead, 16 injured including 3 in serious condition

A “reception center for those involved” as well as a reception center for families have been set up. The first is intended to take care of the people present in the bus at the time of the accident, whether they are injured or unharmed, and to provide them with support. The second welcomes the passengers' relatives, awaiting information on their situation.

The spokesperson for Civil Security indicates on the BFMTV set that “extrication actions, access actions to extract all the victims were carried out” on site. Several dozen people were in the bus. The vehicle “left the road and hit a tree in the ditch,” said the mayor of Lent Yves Cristin.

The bus which provided the connection between Lyon and Bourg-en-Bresse went off the road this Thursday in Lent, in Ain. Several dozen people were on board at the time of the accident.

The vehicle is the only one involved in this accident. The exact circumstances of the accident remain to be determined.

Firefighters, quickly dispatched to the scene, are stabilizing the situation. The toll, which promises to be heavy at this stage, is not yet known precisely.

A coach from the Cars Région network left the roadway and found itself in a small ditch this Thursday in Lent, in Ain. The accident caused several casualties, with many people injured. A witness, who arrived among the first on site, recounted the scene to our colleagues from Le Progrès.

“A white and blue school bus from the Cars Région network left the roadway and ended up in a small ditch. I arrived among the first people on the scene. Even before reaching the bus, I noticed the presence of debris from tree branches on the road. When I arrived, several students were starting to get out of the vehicle. Some were screaming and crying. The scene was particularly impressive. I immediately contacted the police to report the accident,” she said.

The Minister of Education was traveling to the Jules-Ferry high school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine this Friday when he was informed of the bus accident in Ain. Édouard Geffray made a point at the start of his press briefing to send “a thought to the students who were victims of the accident”, adding that “it is always a challenge when our children are victims of accidents of this nature”.

The traffic accident occurred around 7 a.m. this Friday morning on the D22 departmental road, in the Lent sector, south of Bourg-en-Bresse, the mayor of Lent Yves Cristin announced to AFP. The councilor indicated that two people were in cardiovascular arrest and that many people had been injured.

Two helicopters were deployed, the municipal protection plan was triggered and the neighboring municipality was responsible for welcoming families, explains Yves Cristin.

The bus “left the road and hit a tree in the ditch,” the mayor of Lent, Yves Cristin, told AFP, reporting two people in cardiovascular arrest and numerous injuries.

A major emergency device is deployed this Friday morning in the town of Lent, in the Ain department. “A traffic accident involving a bus from an interurban transport line occurred” in this sector, indicates the prefecture. State services announce several victims.