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Urgent: 4 killed, 24 others seriously injured as French train hits school bus

Xinhua,December 15, 2017 Adjust font size:

PARIS, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- At least four students were killed and 24 others seriously wounded, including 21 college students, as a train collided with a school bus in southern France on Thursday.

"There are 24 people seriously wounded. Of these 24, 21 are middle school students," said Philippe Vignes, an official with the county of Pyrenees-Orientales where the accident took place. Enditem