Overview

• Four people died and 45 were injured, including 11 critically and 34 with minor injuries.
• The bus was transporting Ukrainian adults and adolescents when it overturned around midday at kilometer 179 near Degré on the A81 in the Rennes–Le Mans direction.
• Officials say the bus was the only vehicle involved and came to rest in a roadside ditch.
• Prefect Emmanuel Aubry led a rescue operation deploying 87 firefighters and 49 vehicles as authorities closed the A81 in both directions.
• The CHU d’Angers activated a hospital crisis unit and national ministers have expressed condolences to victims’ families.