Two killed and 16 injured in bus crash in France

A bus carrying students left the road and hit a tree near the town of Lent, north-east of Lyon, on Friday, killing two people and injuring 16.

• The Ain prefecture said a minor and a young man were killed and 16 people injured, three of them seriously.
• Mayor Yves Cristin said the bus veered off the road and struck a tree in a ditch at about 07:00 on the D22.
• French education minister Édouard Geffray said students were among those involved in the crash.
• Cristin said two helicopters were deployed at the site, and the prefecture said it activated an operations centre.