One child was killed and 11 other people were seriously injured today when a coach carrying schoolchildren from Scotland crashed in France, police said.
Strathclyde police confirmed that the coach was carrying children from Largs Academy, a secondary school in Ayrshire, when it crashed near Dijon, about 200 miles south east of Paris, early this morning.
About 20 people in total were injured in the accident, at Bierre-les-Semur, near Dijon, according to reports.
The coach party was to be en route to Barcelona as part of an annual summer trip. No other vehicle was thought to be involved.
Forty three people were on the bus, among them six adults, including two drivers. The injured were taken by helicopter ambulance to Auxerre and Dijon.
Parents were arriving at Largs Academy this morning looking for more news of their children.
PA