Tragic accident with fatalities! Coach crashes into rocks and overturns

Porté-Puymorens (France) - Several people have been killed and others seriously injured ina bus accident in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the eastern Pyrenees, in the south of France.

As the radio station "France Info" reported with reference to the local prefecture, at least three people were killed and eight others are said to have been seriously injured. Initially, there was talk of two deaths and five serious injuries.

The accident occurred late on Sunday afternoon on a mountainous road in the direction of Porté-Puymorens, a ski resort around 100 kilometers from the princely state of Andorra.

According to initial reports, the Spanish coach crashed into a rock and overturned. 47 people are said to have been on board.

Three helicopters and around one hundred firefighters and rescue workers were deployed. The cause of the accident was initially unknown.