A coach carrying around fifty people rolled over on its side in the middle of the A6 motorway during the night from Saturday to Sunday. A teenage girl died this Sunday March 3 following the accident. Twelve people were injured. The reasons are still unknown.
A teenage girl died this Sunday March 3 in a bus accident that occurred during the night from Saturday to Sunday on the A6 motorway near Eguilly (Côte-d’Or). Leaving from Andelys, in Eure, the vehicle was to reach Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes in the Alps, explains The Parisian.
It was carrying around fifty people, including forty-one teenagers and children aged 5 to 15. Five adults and six minors were slightly injured and one adult was more seriously injured without life-threatening injuries. Their repatriation is organized in conjunction with the Eure prefecture.
Reasons “still unknown”
In a post on X, the Minister of Transport, Patrice Vergriete, presented “his most sincere condolences” to the family of the deceased young woman.
I would like to express my deep emotion at the terrible tragedy that occurred on the road last night in Côte d’Or. A bus accident took the life of a 15-year-old girl, it’s a tragedy. I extend my deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the victim.
— Patrice Vergriete (@P_Vergriete) March 3, 2024
Seventy firefighters and forty-three emergency vehicles were involved in the operation. The reasons for the accident are “still unknown”, said the prefecture according to Le Parisien. “The vehicle lay down on the plane” on the highway in the north-south direction around 1:40 a.m., adds the daily.