One dead and five in hospital following French painkiller trial accident

A "serious accident" during a French painkiller trial has left one person brain-dead and five in hospital.

Updated 2.15pm: Six medical volunteers are in hospital – one in a state of brain death – after taking part in a botched drug test at a clinic in western France, the Health Ministry said.

The prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into what the ministry called a “serious accident during a clinical test” in Rennes.