France: Tourist bus crash kills two people

11/09/12 12:33 CET

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At least two people are dead after a Polish bus crashed near the eastern French city of Mulhouse.

More than a dozen are seriously injured and several were trapped inside.

The coach had been carrying 68 passengers who were mostly tourists from Slubice, a city on the German-Polish border. There were also Ukrainian nationals onboard.

More than 100 firefighters and 60 police officers attended the scene on the A36 motorway linking France to Germany.

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