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| At least one person has died after a coach carrying about 50 British nationals crashed in the French Alps. | At least one person has died after a coach carrying about 50 British nationals crashed in the French Alps. |
| The collision happened at around 3pm (2pm BST) in the Alpe d'Huez resort, according to local reports. Initially French media quoted police as saying three Britons had died before the death toll was revised down to one. A police officer told the Press Association that a British holidaymaker had died but the French reports said the only fatality was the driver. | The collision happened at around 3pm (2pm BST) in the Alpe d'Huez resort, according to local reports. Initially French media quoted police as saying three Britons had died before the death toll was revised down to one. A police officer told the Press Association that a British holidaymaker had died but the French reports said the only fatality was the driver. |
| The Foreign Office said it was urgently investigating reports of the crash. | The Foreign Office said it was urgently investigating reports of the crash. |
| A Grenoble police spokesman said: "There is not much information at the moment but on the face of it, at least one Briton has died. We do not know how the crash happened." | A Grenoble police spokesman said: "There is not much information at the moment but on the face of it, at least one Briton has died. We do not know how the crash happened." |
| He said all the passengers on the bus were believed to be British. Photographs showed the coach engulfed in flames. Four tourists were seriously injured and taken to Grenoble university hospital, one by helicopter, French press reported. The hospital is the same one where doctors treated the young daughter of Saad al-Hilli, who was gunned down with his wife, mother in-law and a French cyclist last year. Other survivors were treated at the roadside. Several people were said to have become trapped inside the burning vehicle. | He said all the passengers on the bus were believed to be British. Photographs showed the coach engulfed in flames. Four tourists were seriously injured and taken to Grenoble university hospital, one by helicopter, French press reported. The hospital is the same one where doctors treated the young daughter of Saad al-Hilli, who was gunned down with his wife, mother in-law and a French cyclist last year. Other survivors were treated at the roadside. Several people were said to have become trapped inside the burning vehicle. |
| French news website Dauphine Libere reported that the coach was carrying young Britons returning from a week's holiday in Alpe d'Huez. It reported that the coach hit a cliff and then burst into flames. The steep mountain road features 21 hairpin bends and will form part of this year's Tour de France. The British ambassador to France, Peter Ricketts said he was on his way to the area where the crash occurred. "Our thoughts are with those involved in the coach crash in Isere. On my way with consular support," he tweeted. An officer from the local gendarmerie in Alpe d'Huez told another French news website, the LocaL, that reports attributing the crash to a brakes failure were "suppositions". | French news website Dauphine Libere reported that the coach was carrying young Britons returning from a week's holiday in Alpe d'Huez. It reported that the coach hit a cliff and then burst into flames. The steep mountain road features 21 hairpin bends and will form part of this year's Tour de France. The British ambassador to France, Peter Ricketts said he was on his way to the area where the crash occurred. "Our thoughts are with those involved in the coach crash in Isere. On my way with consular support," he tweeted. An officer from the local gendarmerie in Alpe d'Huez told another French news website, the LocaL, that reports attributing the crash to a brakes failure were "suppositions". |
| A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of a tragic incident involving British people in Isère, in the southern region of France. We are in touch with the local authorities and providing consular assistance." | A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of a tragic incident involving British people in Isère, in the southern region of France. We are in touch with the local authorities and providing consular assistance." |
| In February last year, a coach carrying a party of British schoolchildren and their supervisors returning from a skiing holiday in the Italian Alps crashed near Reims, in northern France, killing a teacher. | In February last year, a coach carrying a party of British schoolchildren and their supervisors returning from a skiing holiday in the Italian Alps crashed near Reims, in northern France, killing a teacher. |
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