40 Dead in bus-truck crash in France

French police say that at least 40 people have been killed in a collision between a bus and truck near the southwestern city of Bordeaux.

Reports say most passengers on the bus carrying pensioners were killed instantly, after it collided with a truck near the town of Puisseguin.

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An official with the national gendarme service said the crash occurred near the town of Puisseguin, and that death toll may have been so unusually high because the bus caught fire.

The official said scores of emergency workers in the region have been mobilized to help. The official was not authorized to be publicly named.

Europe-1 radio reported that the bus was carrying primarily elderly people. It was not immediately clear how many people were on the bus, or their nationalities or other details.

Credit: ABC News

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