a teenager killed and twelve people injured in a bus accident on the A6 motorway

The vehicle, which was carrying 51 passengers, including 41 children and ten adults, left Les Andelys (Eure) during the night from Saturday to Sunday and was due to reach Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes (Hautes-Alpes).

A teenage girl was killed in a bus accident on the A6 motorway, in Eguilly, and twelve people were injured on the night of Saturday March 2 to Sunday March 3, announced the Côte-d’Or prefecture. Around 1:40 a.m., “for a reason still unknown, the vehicle rolled onto its side” on the highway in the north-south direction, specifies the prefecture in a press release. The coach, which was carrying 51 people, including 41 children (aged 5 to 15 years) and ten adults, including the driver, had left Les Andelys (Eure) and was due to reach Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes (Hautes-Alpes) .

The teenager was 14 years old, the prosecution said on Monday, after initially mentioning the age of 15. An adult was also seriously injured without life-threatening injuries and eleven other people, five adults and six minors, were more lightly injured. They were evacuated to hospitals in Semur-en-Auxois and Dijon.

An activated emergency cell

“The driver thinks he dozed off”declared the Dijon public prosecutor’s office to AFP, which opened an investigation to “manslaughter” And “unintentional injuries”. The prosecution also specifies that the driver was checked “negative” to narcotics and alcohol. Police custody is still in progress, the same source confirms to France Télévisions.

The prefect of Côte-d’Or activated the “many victims” plan and the departmental operational center. The uninjured people were treated by a medical-psychological emergency unit. Their repatriation is organized in conjunction with the Eure prefecture.

“I want to send all my thoughts to his family as well as to the injured”reacted late Sunday morning Nicole Belloubet, Minister of National Education and Youth, on. She assures that “all teams from the Ministry of Education are mobilized” And “thanks the emergency services for their care of the children, which should allow a rapid return to their loved ones”. The Minister Delegate in charge of Transport, Patrice Vergriete, also expressed on “his strong emotion”.