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French bus crash: Five children killed near Troyes France bus crash kills children near Troyes
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At least six people including five children have been killed in a minibus crash near the French city of Troyes, south-east of Paris, officials say. Five children and at least one other person have been killed in a minibus crash near the French city of Troyes, south-east of Paris, officials say.
The minibus in which the children were travelling collided with a lorry on a minor road. Several other people were hurt, reports say. The minibus, said to be carrying children aged 11 to 14, collided with a lorry on a minor road. At least one of two adults on board also died.
At least one of two adults on the minibus was among those killed. Several other people were hurt, reports say.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was due to go the scene. President Francois Hollande has spoken of his very great sadness at the crash, in a statement from the Elysee Palace.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was due to go the scene of the accident close to Courteranges in the Orient Forest national park in France's Aube region.
L'est Eclair newspaper said the children were on their way home from a youth trip in the forest when the crash happened.
They were from the town of Nangis between Paris and Troyes, the report said.