Nineteen hurt after minibus hits train at French channel tunnel terminal

October 15, 2026 3:24 PM EDT

PARIS, Oct ‌15 (Reuters) - At ​least ​19 people were injured on Thursday ‌evening after a minibus collided ⁠with a train at a ‌loading platform for the ‌Channel Tunnel in northern France, the local prefect's ​office said.

None of the injuries were life-threatening, the ⁠prefecture said in a statement, adding that ​ambulances, a helicopter and police were at the scene.

The ​accident involved ‌a minibus carrying truck drivers who were preparing ⁠to board the Le Shuttle service on the loading ⁠platform at the Eurotunnel site, the ​prefecture said in a later statement.

The minibus crashed into a train ‌about to leave, it said.

(Reporting by Manuel ‌Ausloos, Charlotte Van Campenhout, ⁠Makini Brice ‌and Inti ​Landauro; writing by John Irish; Editing by Rosalba ‌O'Brien)



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