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6 killed in French school bus crash: reports

Xinhua, February 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least six were killed in a school bus crash in France's southwestern department of Charente-Maritime on Thursday, local medias reported

A school bus carrying 18 teenagers collided with a truck at 07:15 local time (0615 GMT), news channel iTele said.

"Government fully supports the families of the bus accident's victims in Rochefort and sharing their distress," Segolene Royal, the Ecology Minister wrote in her tweet account.

Royal and Education Minister Najat-Vallaud Belkacem will visit the crash scene later in the morning, according to the report. Endi