search tools

43 dead in fiery bus collision in France

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 24 Oct 2015
PUISSEGUIN, France - A French investigator says it's far too early to know the cause of a fiery crash between a truck and a bus full of retirees that killed 43 people Friday morning - France's deadliest road accident in more than 30 years ... The bus was carrying members of a senior citizens' club from the town of Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps on a daylong ham-tasting trip to Arzacq-Arraziguet, 120 miles away ... ....

Bus carrying retirees collides with truck in France, killing 43

Edit The Los Angeles Times 24 Oct 2015
Christina Boyle. A bus carrying retirees on a day trip collided with a truck in southwestern France on Friday, bursting into flames and killing 43 people. The accident occurred about 7.30 a.m ... The group was heading to Arzacq-Arraziguet, about 120 miles away, where they were scheduled to stop for lunch, according to French news reports ... Eight people were injured, four seriously, they said ... The cause of the crash was not immediately clear ... ....
photo: AP / Thibault Camus
The charred wreckage of a truck and a bus involved in a fatal crash which killed 43 people is seen near the village of Puisseguin, southwestern France, Friday, Oct. 23, 2015. A truck and a bus transporting retirees on a day trip collided and caught fire Friday on a country road in wine country in southwest France, killing 42 people and gravely injuring at least four others, authorities said. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

43 killed in fiery bus-truck collision in French wine region

Edit Rocky Mount Telegram 24 Oct 2015
The crash killed 41 bus passengers, the truck driver and his 3-year-old son, who was riding in the truck with his father. Four other people were badly injured ... Experts expect it will take three weeks before all victims are identified ... Dr ... The bus was carrying members of a senior citizens’ club from the town of Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps on a daylong ham-tasting trip to Arzacq-Arraziguet, 200 kilometers (120 miles) away ... ....

Dozens of French retirees killed in explosive bus crash

Edit Yahoo Daily News 23 Oct 2015
At least 43 people died when a bus filled with retirees collided with a truck in southwest France on Friday in the country’s worst road accident in more than three decades ... Four of them were badly injured, according to authorities ... Recommended ... The bus was carrying about 50 retirees from their homes in the village of Petit Palais and surrounding hamlets on a one-day ham-tasting trip in Arzacq-Arraziguet, about 120 miles away....
×
×
×
×