COMMENT

Aregionaltrainhitaschool bus on a crossing in southern France yesterday, killing at least four children and critically injuring 20 other people, the French interior ministry said.

Photos from the scene tweeted by a local television station showed the train derailed and the bus shorn in half, with first responders gathered around.

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, who flew to the scene of the collision last night, said that authorities still did not know what led to the accident on the crossing in Millas, some 15 kilometres west of Perpignan, close to the border with Spain.

Philippe said that the “circumstances of this terrible drama are still undetermined”.

He confirmed that two inquiries were under way

“The circumstances of this terrible drama are still undetermined”

EDOUARD PHILIPPE