Minibus collision with train at Eurotunnel platform injures 19 people
Nineteen people were injured after a minibus carrying heavy goods vehicle drivers collided with a stationary train at the Eurotunnel loading platform near Calais.
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Nineteen people were injured when a minibus collided with a stationary freight train at the Eurotunnel loading platform near Calais on Thursday, according to Guardian Europe and related news reports. Pas-de-Calais underprefect Agathe Cury confirmed that 18 passengers and the minibus driver sustained injuries in the incident. [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Guardian Europe reported that two people, including the driver, were critically injured and airlifted to the University hospital in Lille. The remaining 17 injured individuals were transported to regional hospitals in Helfaut, Calais, Boulogne, and Mo. [1]
The vehicle was transporting heavy goods vehicle drivers to board a Le Shuttle train when the crash occurred, as FTMQ World reported earlier. The Channel Tunnel has functioned as the fixed railway connection between Britain and France since it opened in 1994. [1][9]
In short
- Nineteen people were injured when a minibus hit a stationary train at the Eurotunnel platform near Calais.
- Two people were critically injured and airlifted to a university hospital in Lille.
- The minibus was carrying heavy goods vehicle drivers to board a train when the incident occurred.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]Nineteen injured in collision between minibus and train on Eurotunnel loading platformGuardian Europe, 4h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]Nineteen injured in collision between minibus and train on Eurotunnel loading platformThe Guardian, 5h ago
- [3]Nineteen people injured in Eurotunnel accident near CalaisHampshire Chronicle, 5h ago
- [4]Nineteen people injured in Eurotunnel accident near CalaisThe Bury Times, 5h ago
- [5]Nineteen people injured in Eurotunnel accident near CalaisSomerset County Gazette, 5h ago
- [6]Nineteen people injured in Eurotunnel accident near CalaisHerts Advertiser, 5h ago
Background
- [7]List of traffic collisions (2000–present) on Wikipedia
- [8]List of rail accidents (2000–2009) on Wikipedia
- [9]Minibus collision with train at Channel Tunnel terminal leaves 19 injured FTMQ World, 2h ago
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 9 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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