Six killed as train collides with school bus

FIVE children and an adult were killed when a train collided with a school bus at a level crossing in eastern France yesterday, French authorities said.

Four people were seriously hurt and 27 suffered less severe injuries, police said, adding that more than 100 rescue workers went to the scene and a field hospital was set up.

Fifty children from a school in the small town of Margencel, five parents and the driver were on board the bus, which was taking the children on a school trip.