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French bus driver charged in fatal crash

Mon Jun 2, 2008 9:21 AM EDT
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Thierry Boinet, Associated Press Writer
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<p>The wreckage of a bus is seen after an accident with a train at a railroad crossing in a town called Allinges on the Swiss border in the French Alps, Monday, June 2, 2008. A bus carrying fifty students and five adults plus the driver was hit by a train and according to local police the bus was on a field trip to the Lake of Geneva when the accident happened, killing six children and injuring eighteen, four seriously. (AP Photo/ Laurent Cipriani)</p>

The wreckage of a bus is seen after an accident with a train at a railroad crossing in a town called Allinges on the Swiss border in the French Alps, Monday, June 2, 2008. A bus carrying fifty students and five adults plus the driver was hit by a train and according to local police the bus was on a field trip to the Lake of Geneva when the accident happened, killing six children and injuring eighteen, four seriously. (AP Photo/ Laurent Cipriani)

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ANNECY — A French judicial official says preliminary manslaughter charges have been filed against a bus driver involved in an accident that killed seven children this week at a railroad crossing in the Alps.

The official says the bus driver is suspected of ignoring flashing red lights and a safety barrier that announced the arrival of a train. The official was speaking on condition of anonymity because the case is under way.

The bus was carrying 50 students, five adults and a driver when the train slammed into it near the town of Allinges. Twenty-four people were injured.

Preliminary charges for manslaughter and causing involuntary injuries have been filed against the unidentified 49-year-old driver, the judicial official said Wednesday.

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caroaber

Terrible news.

    Reply#1 - Mon Jun 2, 2008 1:10 PM EDT
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