A bus crashed on Friday (November 6) morning in eastern France near Switzerland, resulting in "several victims," local authorities said.

Education Minister Edouard Geffray said the crash involved a bus believed to be transporting school pupils, with the mayor of Lent, the small town where the crash took place, confirming that it was a school bus. The local prefecture said the collision involved an intercity bus.

Lent mayor, Yves Cristin, said 70 people were affected by the crash and that it had opened its community hall to provide care and shelter to the crash victims.

BFM TV showed a picture of a blue and white bus tilted in what appeared to be a ditch on the side of the road, while a crowd of people stood outside of it.

The broadcaster reported two fatalities but a spokesman for the civil protection agency told the broadcaster he could not confirm the deaths. The prefecture also told Reuters it could not confirm any deaths.

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VIDEO SHOWS: FIRST RESPONDERS AND POLICE ON SCENE OF BUS CRASH BELIEVED TO BE TRANSPORTING PUPILS

SHOWS: LENT, FRANCE (NOVEMBER 6, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF POLICE AND RESCUERS NEAR SITE OF CRASH OF BUS BELIEVED TO BE TRANSPORTING PUPILS

2. POLICE ON MOTORCYCLES DRIVING BY

3. POLICE AND TRUCK DRIVING BY

4. EMERGENCY VEHICLE DRIVING BY

5. POLICE DIRECTING CAR TOWARDS OTHER ROAD

6. GENDARMERIE VEHICLE, OTHER VEHICLES IN BACKGROUND

7. POLICE BLOCKING ROAD

8. BLOCKED ROAD AND JOURNALISTS

9. CAR PARKED, EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN DISTANCE

10. JOURNALISTS NEAR SCENE

11. POLICE

12. VARIOUS OF FIRST RESPONDER VEHICLES DRIVING BY

13. POLICE AND RESCUERS ON SCENE