Collision between a truck and a van in Alba: 6 dead, including 4 children

Diane Falconer, Alain JULIEN | AFP -

Four children died 10 years in two young people and five others were injured Tuesday afternoon in a head-on collision between a minibus and a truck on a country road near Troyes (Aube).

Minibus Renault Trafic nine people on board, including six children, "enter the number to get the truck in the opposite direction," the 619 countries near Courteranges (Aube), said the prosecutor, told Press Troyes Alex Perrin improvised .

"It was an extremely brutal shock, and six people were killed: 29-year-old driver, four children from 11 to 13 years and 20 years old," he added.

According to the prosecution, supporting the prediction of the three passengers and two children, is not involved. A source close to the investigation who suffer a fracture. The driver of the truck, registered in the Vosges, who was slightly injured, but very surprised.

Twenty members of families Nangis, in the Seine-et-Marne, in the context of out of town, came at about 20:45 in the funeral center Lavau named, told AFP.

Earlier, Nangis, gathered a few dozen people outside the church, the police station, a few hundred meters from the town hall, where a lot of other parents, the AFP reporter.

Of these, some were crying, especially young people who knew the victim.

"This is a shock for the whole city," said Stephanie Charret, deputy mayor for youth Nangis. "We have created a family of psychological units., We strive to provide the best support for this terrible tragedy to offer," he said.

This is one of the worst accidents in cars with children theater in Beaune (Côte d'Or) 1982 years of 53 people, including 44 children, died after a collision with a car on fire because he the A6 stock.

"The problem falling asleep, a mechanical problem? Research might say. Such moments of inattention, there was a commotion in the car, everything we know," Perrin said.

The driver of a minibus autopsy performed to determine if it is unpleasant to be.

The view that the place is surrounded by fields, including corn surrounded, according to AFP reporters. The truck was in the way, cutting off circulation. Car is completely folded as an accordion.

He "got a terrible case of Courteranges emotion," Elisa said in a statement.

Francois Hollande, "asked a light on the circumstances of this tragedy, shed" safe "solidarity with the families and relatives of the victims."

- "The tragedy of grief France'-

Bernard Cazeneuve, Minister? Minister of the Interior and Frédéric Cuvillier? Transport of the State, arrived in the afternoon of the scene. The Minister praised the work of rescue and police and prosecutors are investigating the update Troyes.

"We wanted to be together in our sadness, our solidarity and appreciation for the Savior," Bernard Cazeneuve said.

"Words can not express the pain that is us., Our thoughts are with the families of the victims and their families. This is a very painful time, a time of mourning," Cuvillier said, talking about "sadness, the tragedy of France. "

"C. The drama is another way, what happened today? Hui," said Prime Minister Manuel Valls said in a statement, expressed his "deep emotion". "Was initiated to determine A study of the causes of this tragic accident," he added.

Plan ORSEC took Prefecture Aube, the Central Department of the active company and public information of the cell. Special Issue founded 03.25.70.38.60. Twenty police officers were deployed to the site.