An accident involving a Spanish coach occurred this Sunday around 5 p.m. in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
At least two deaths and several serious injuries are to be deplored, indicates the prefecture.
According to the mayor of the town, the passengers were 80% Colombian and 20% Spanish.
At least two people were killed and five others seriously injured Sunday afternoon in a bus accident in Porté-Puymorens, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, near Andorra, we learned this Sunday from the prefecture of Pyrenees-Orientales.
“There are two dead and five injured in a state of emergency”she indicates concerning this accident which occurred around 5 p.m. and involving a Spanish coach, according to a police source. “The balance sheet is subject to change“, she specifies, while around a hundred firefighters intervene on the spot.
The bus hit a rock
The accident took place on the RN 320, a mountainous road between the Pyrénées-Orientales, Ariège, Andorra and Spain, where the bus overturned on the roadway after hitting a rock. The delivery times for help are long, so three helicopters were mobilized to help the victims, indicates a police source.
The accident occurred in the town of Porté-Puymorens, a ski resort located two hours' drive from Toulouse and Perpignan. According to the mayor of the town, contacted by TF1-LCI, it is a bus coming from Barcelona. He was carrying passengers.80% Colombian and 20% Spanish“came to spend the day in Andorra.
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