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'Several victims' after bus crashes in France, officials say

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A bus crash in Lent, eastern France, resulted in several victims, including students, when it left the road and hit a tree around 07:00 local time on Friday morning. The Ain prefecture and education minister Édouard Geffray confirmed there were “several victims,” with two people experiencing cardiac arrest at the scene. Emergency services are providing assistance, and a helicopter is transporting severely injured individuals to specialized hospitals.
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France French Lent Lyon Switzerland

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French NORP · 3× Ain GPE · 1× France GPE · 1× Geffray PERSON · 1× Lent GPE · 1× Lyon GPE · 1× Philippe Tabarot PERSON · 1× Switzerland GPE · 1× Yves Cristin PERSON · 1× Édouard Geffray PERSON · 1×

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- Published A bus has crashed in eastern France, officials have said, with "several victims". The incident happened on Friday morning in the town of Lent, north-east of Lyon, around 34 miles (55km) from the border with Switzerland.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-06
🔮 The town's mayor Yves Cristin told French media the bus "left the road and hit a tree in the ditch", while the Ain prefecture and education minister said there were "several victims".
2026-11-06 · BBC News
'Several victims' after bus crashes in France, officials say · assertive framing

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- Published A bus has crashed in eastern France, officials have said, with "several victims". The incident happened on Friday morning in the town of Lent, north-east of Lyon, around 34 miles (55km) from the border with Switzerland. asserted
incident → publish → Switzerland
The town's mayor Yves Cristin told French media the bus "left the road and hit a tree in the ditch", while the Ain prefecture and education minister said there were "several victims". asserted
prefecture → tell → ditch
French education minister Édouard Geffray said the crash involved students, while transport minister Philippe Tabarot said he was on his way to the scene. asserted
he → say → scene
Geffray told reporters his thoughts were with "students involved in the accident" and that it was "always difficult when our children are victims of accidents of this nature". asserted
children → tell → nature
Emergency services are at the scene and a helicopter has been deployed to take victims with serious injuries to a specialised hospital. asserted
helicopter → deploy → hospital
Cristin told French media two people were in cardiac arrest. asserted
people → tell → arrest
The crash happened at around 07:00 local time (06:00 GMT). asserted
crash → happen → time
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. asserted
details → break → ?
You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. asserted
You → receive → App
You can also follow @BBCBreaking on X, external to get the latest alerts. asserted
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