The images are chilling: an impressive accident took place on Friday evening at around 19:30 on A1 motorway, between Compiegne and Senlis, in Oise, in the direction Lille-Paris.
A bus British nationals and three lorries were involved in a collision, which was instantly followed a major fire. The highway, cut in both directions, will be at least until Saturday morning.
Two killed, forty children safe
The passengers because British , parents and children on their way to Disneyland, have been off the vehicle before it caught fire, according to the fire department of Oise, contacted by Agence France-Presse (AFP).
The driver of one of the trucks and the passenger of another truck died in the accident and four people were slightly injured, without being hospitalized, said the Chief of Staff of the Oise Prefect Jean-Michel Delvert. The passengers of the bus were, at first, been safe on a rest area before being taken into a multipurpose room in Roberval. “They will be restarted, and win their final destination”
In all, more than fifty firefighters were on the scene to fight the fire and rescue and investigation was entrusted to the gendarmerie.
The massive fire that broke out led to the closure of the A1 in both directions for much of the evening. The highway was reopened on a path to 10:45 p.m. in the direction Paris-Lille, to “dump” a cap of 2 km, the source said.
She remained closed in the direction Lille-Paris, a deviation being implemented for passenger cars. Fifty heavyweights were immobilized on place.D’après the sanef network, in charge of the A1: the highway was cut exactly between the outputs of Chantilly (8) and Pont Sainte-Maxence (9) <. / p>
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