A white bus stopped on the side of the road against the flow of traffic. Only the cabin is partly embedded in the rock of the cliff and we can see the front right wheel completely out of alignment. In this photo published by the daily L'Indépendant, the apparent state of the public transport vehicle, which is not reduced to an accordion of sheet metal and glass or even lying on the road, does not illustrate the seriousness of the The accident occurred this Sunday on a national road in the Pyrénées-Orientales. An accident which, according to a still provisional report communicated this Sunday evening, caused at least three deaths and around fifteen injuries, including 7 serious ones (said to be in absolute emergency). A 4-year-old child is among the 8 other seriously injured people.
This road drama – in which this bus registered in Spain would be the only vehicle involved – occurred as night fell on Porté-Puymorens, a town located in the west of the Pyrénées-Orientales, in Occitanie. In any case, the alert was given around 5:10 p.m. when the gendarmerie was informed of a very serious traffic accident involving this bus on the Nationale 320, towards the Col de Puymorens.
