Road accident

Road accident - Traffic has been disrupted, but thankfully nobody was hurt after a school bus with 35 children on board collided with a vehicle in Pierrefeu on the road to Hyères in the Var, this Tuesday morning. The 19-year-old driver of the car was slightly injured but was attended to on site. One lane was closed to traffic while emergency services intervened. The cause of the accident remains to be determined.

 

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