On Friday at 16. 10 local time in the south-east of France in the city of Mesange, a school bus collided with a high-speed train. The bus literally broke into two parts. It contained 50 children and six adults. The bus transported college students from the city of Miyas and two more municipalities.

Four children died on the spot, seven more were seriously injured. In total, 20 schoolchildren were injured. Four children are in critical condition. The youngest victim is 8 years old, the oldest is 15. On the spot, rescuers and police worked, helicopters were used to evacuate the victims.

The train was 25 passengers, no one was hurt.

According to eyewitnesses, the barrier at the crossing was not closed, and the light signaling allowed the movement of vehicles.

The Minister of Transport of France, Elizabeth Kagor, the Minister of Education and the Prime Minister Eduard Philip.

President Emmanuelle Macron called for full state mobilization to help the victims. President Emmanuelle Macron on his tweet wrote: "I mentally am with the victims and the families of the victims of this terrible accident with the school bus".

There was information that two girls had died in the hospital, but the Prefecture of the Department of the Eastern Pyrenees denied the information. In the hometown of the affected Saint Feliu d'Amonte, blood was collected for the victims. More than 300 residents turned to psychologists for help.