Nineteen hurt after minibus hits train at French channel tunnel terminal

The Eurotunnel terminal site is pictured after a shuttle bus crashed into a freight train. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

At least ​19 people were injured on ‌Thursday evening after a minibus collided with a train.

The collision happened at a ​loading platform for the ​Channel Tunnel in northern France, the ⁠local prefect's office said.

None ​of the injuries were life-threatening, ​the prefecture said in a statement, adding that ambulances, a helicopter and ​police were at the ​scene.

The accident involved a minibus carrying ‌truck ⁠drivers who were preparing to board the Le Shuttle service on the loading platform ​at the ​Eurotunnel ⁠site.

The minibus crashed into ​a ⁠train that was about to leave the station.

- Reuters