At Least 42 Dead in French Bus Crash

At least 42 people, mostly retirees, are believed to have died in a road accident near the French city of Bordeaux, in what is being called the nation's worst traffic accident in three decades. Officials say a truck crashed into a bus full of passengers at a sharp bend in the road near the village of Puisseguin, causing both vehicles to burst into flame. Eight people are reported to have escaped the blaze, and dozens of emergency officials have converged on the area. President...

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