France: Two Dead and 16 Injured in Bus Crash

A bus traveling between Lyon and Bourg-en-Bresse left the D22 near Lent at around 7:30 a.m., struck trees and came to rest in a ditch. It was carrying 43 people, including 15 minors; two passengers died—a 7-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man—and 16 were injured, three of them seriously. More than 100 firefighters, gendarmes and several helicopters were deployed, and psychological support was arranged for victims and their families. The Bourg-en-Bresse prosecutor’s office opened an investigation into road homicide and aggravated road injuries; the hospitalized driver had not yet been interviewed.