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Tourist bus crashes in France, one killed

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Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:14p.m.

Pupils leave flowers at Alvechurch Middle School, in Worcestershire, after a teacher died and others were taken to hospital with serious injuries after a coach carrying schoolchildren crashed in Northern France (AAP)

Pupils leave flowers at Alvechurch Middle School, in Worcestershire, after a teacher died and others were taken to hospital with serious injuries after a coach carrying schoolchildren crashed in Northern France (AAP)

A bus carrying dozens of British tourists has driven off the road in northern France and crashed into a ditch. One person was killed.

The British Embassy said 23 people were injured, including six seriously.

The cause of the accident remains unclear, but the bus was the only vehicle involved.

Pupils from Alvechurch School in Worcsetershire were among the 48 passengers on the coach.

The bus was returning from an Italian ski resort when it went off a highway near Reims, a city 140km northeast of Paris. It was headed to Birmingham in England.

LCI television, citing the local prosecutor, said the driver tested negative for alcohol and drugs. The prosecutor said the driver would be questioned after he is discharged from the hospital.

APTN

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