
At least 19 people have been injured after a minibus smashed into a Channel Tunnel train.
The minibus flipped onto the railway tracks, hitting a stationary freight train in Pas-de-Calais at around 8pm.
The bus, carrying 19 people including the driver, was loading HGV drivers onto a Le Shuttle train when they crashed.
None of the injuries are thought to be life-threatening, according to local Pas-de-Calais authorities.
Firefighters, paramedics, police and an intensive care unit helicopter are on the scene.
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The accident occurred ‘at the loading dock of the Eurotunnel site’ in Coquelles.
The Channel Tunnel has closed to trains for the foreseeable future.
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