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| Perpignan crash | |
|---|---|
 Area map of the crash site with routes of school bus (yellow line) and train (purple line) before collision. | |
| Details | |
| Date | 14 December 2017 around 16:00CET (15:00UTC) |
| Location | Millas,Arrondissement of Perpignan,Occitanie |
| Coordinates | 42°41′08″N2°42′14″E / 42.68547°N 2.70399°E /42.68547; 2.70399 |
| Country | France |
| Line | Perpignan –Villefranche-de-Conflent |
| Operator | SNCF |
| Incident type | Collision with a road vehicle on a level crossing |
| Cause | Under investigation |
| Statistics | |
| Deaths | 6 (the fifth victim died the day after the crash, the sixth was announced on 18 December)[1] |
| Injured | 24 |
ThePerpignan crash occurred on about 4pm 14 December 2017 at alevel crossing in the commune ofMillas, in the French department ofPyrénées-Orientales, between acoach carrying high school students and aTER train, which connectsVillefranche - Vernet-les-Bains andPerpignan stations.
Six pupils on board were killed and 24 were seriously injured by the accident. Trains betweenPerpignan andVillefranche were cancelled.[2][3]
The road vehicle is a school bus Irisbus Récréo of the company Autocars Faur based in Toulouse that brought back 23 students.[4][5]
The railway vehicle is a self-propelled train of seriesZ 7300 (element Z 7369).[6]
The collision occurred at a level crossing equipped with two half-gates, about one kilometre from the school, at the automatic level crossing No. 25 of the line from Perpignan to Villefranche - Vernet-les-Bains at the place known as Los Palaus in the commune of Millas, about twenty kilometres west of Perpignan[7] on departmental road 612 (named Route deThuir on this section).
Four pupils on board were killed on the day, and 24 were seriously injured – one of whom died the following day.[8][2] A sixth fatality was recorded on 18 December.[9]
While visiting the scene, Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe said that the "circumstances of this terrible drama are still undetermined."[10] TheMinister of TransportÉlisabeth Borne also visited the scene.[3] AnSNCF official said "several witnesses said the barrier was down" at the time of the crash.[10] According to her employer, the bus driver says that the barriers were up and safe. Drugs and alcohol tests for both the train and the bus drivers were negative.[11]
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