Eighteen children and another adult suffered minor injuries, said Fabien Mulik, mayor of the city of Korpu, where the incident occurred. “They’re fine,” he told The Associated Press. The “most likely scenario” is that the driver developed some type of health problem while he was driving, he said.
Local officials informed the French media about the ideal weather conditions at the time of the accident and the absence of ice or snow at the site. They said that all the children were wearing seat belts. In a photo posted online, the bus can be seen hanging over the side of a ravine in a thicket of dry branches with its windshield smashed.
