Welsh teenagers injured after bus crashes in France

Thirteen people injured, two seriously, after coach crashes near the Swiss border

A coach reportedly carrying a group of Welsh teenagers has crashed in France near the Swiss border.
A coach reportedly carrying a group of Welsh teenagers has crashed in France near the Swiss border.

A bus from Wales tipped over on its side in eastern France on Saturday, injuring 13 people, two of them seriously, a French police official said.

The bus was carrying about 50 people, including 41 teenagers, when the accident occurred for unknown reasons on the A39 motorway at Lons-le-Saunier about 40 kilometres from the Swiss border.

The lives of the badly injured teenagers were not in danger, the police official said.

Agencies