At least two dead and six badly hurt as bus crashes into ditch ‘swerving car on the wrong side of the road’ near Paris
AT least two people have been killed after a bus smashed into a ditch near Paris.
It's understood the bus was swerving out of the way of a car driving on the wrong side of the road when it crashed.
Emergency services rushed to the scene this morning between Mantes-la-Ville and Mézières-sur-Seine on the D113 route at around 7am local time (6am BST).
Helicopters were also deployed to help cut passengers free from the bus.
Two people have died, and a further six are badly injured.
Cops have arrested the driver of the car, reports .
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A source told the outlet the bus careered off the road while trying to avoid a car travelling on the wrong side of the road.
The D113 has been closed "until further notice" and motorists have been urged to avoid the area.
It comes days after a bus crash left 34 people dead and a further 12 hurt in Algeria.
The bus crashed into a commercial vehicle and burst into a blaze of flames on a highway.
