https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Deaths on French roads dropped to their lowest level since World War II last year as Covid-19 restrictions sharply reduced car traffic, the national road safety agency said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210129/deaths-on-french-roads-in-2020-at-lowest-level-since-wwii-as-lockdown-reduced-traffic Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:00:29 +0100 deaths-on-french-roads-in-2020-at-lowest-level-since-wwii-as-lockdown-reduced-traffic Thirty-three people were injured on Sunday, four seriously, when a bus travelling between Paris and London overturned in northern France while turning off a busy motorway, police said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191103/33-hurt-as-bus-overturns-in-northern-france Sun, 03 Nov 2019 17:41:43 +0100 33-hurt-as-bus-overturns-in-northern-france The safety measures were working at the crossing where a French train collided with a school bus two weeks ago, killing six children, a lawyer for the victims said Saturday, citing a report from France's rail operator. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171230/safety-barrier-down-in-deadly-french-bus-collision-lawyer Sat, 30 Dec 2017 17:27:20 +0100 safety-barrier-down-in-deadly-french-bus-collision-lawyer The driver of a school bus that was hit by a train at a level crossing in southern France, resulting in the deaths of six children, was charged Wednesday with manslaughter, a prosecutor said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171221/deadly-french-school-bus-crash-driver-charged-with-manslaughter Thu, 21 Dec 2017 10:17:16 +0100 deadly-french-school-bus-crash-driver-charged-with-manslaughter Here's what we know about the fatal collision between a train and school bus that has so far killed five in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171215/france-perpignan-millas-deadly-train-crash-what-we-know-so-far Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:23:09 +0100 france-perpignan-millas-deadly-train-crash-what-we-know-so-far Four Moldovan nationals were killed on Saturday when a transport plane chartered by the French army crashed off Ivory Coast, firefighters said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171014/crashed-ivory-coast-plane-chartered-by-french-army-military-source Sat, 14 Oct 2017 15:56:48 +0200 crashed-ivory-coast-plane-chartered-by-french-army-military-source A British pilot reported missing in the French Alps was found dead on Saturday in the debris of his crashed glider, the prosecutor for the Gap region said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170716/british-glider-pilot-killed-in-french-alps-crash Sun, 16 Jul 2017 05:57:20 +0200 british-glider-pilot-killed-in-french-alps-crash A British father and his 10-month-old baby have been killed in a road crash during their holiday in Brittany, northwestern France. The mother was also left seriously injured. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170609/british-father-and-baby-die-in-road-crash-in-northwestern-france Fri, 09 Jun 2017 16:35:43 +0200 british-father-and-baby-die-in-road-crash-in-northwestern-france Four Portuguese tourists were killed and some 20 others injured Sunday when their bus crashed off a highway in central France known locally as the "road of death", authorities said, revising an earlier toll. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170108/four-portuguese-tourists-killed-in-france-coach-crash Sun, 08 Jan 2017 11:26:47 +0100 four-portuguese-tourists-killed-in-france-coach-crash Egyptian authorities on Saturday started handing the remains of those killed in the crash of EgyptAir flight 804 to their families, the airline said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161231/egypt-sends-first-french-ms804-crash-victims-home-for-burial Sat, 31 Dec 2016 14:34:02 +0100 egypt-sends-first-french-ms804-crash-victims-home-for-burial One person has reportedly died and a dozen more were left injured after a truck collided with a school bus full of children in northern France on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161114/school-bus-crash-truck-arras-france Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:14:17 +0100 school-bus-crash-truck-arras-france A train crashed in southern France on Wednesday afternoon, leaving around 60 people injured, eight severely. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160817/train-crash-accident-france-ter-southern-france Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:33:45 +0200 train-crash-accident-france-ter-southern-france The memory chips of EgyptAir 804's black box voice recorder are intact and investigators should be able to access it, a committee probing the plane disaster said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160702/egyptair-crash-investigators-get-access-to-cockpit-voice-box Sat, 02 Jul 2016 19:16:40 +0200 egyptair-crash-investigators-get-access-to-cockpit-voice-box Four suspected people smugglers whose car was involved in a collision with a lorry after a high-speed police chase in northern France are Iraqi Kurds, prosecutors said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160505/four-shot-in-high-speed-car-chase-in-france Thu, 05 May 2016 15:58:32 +0200 four-shot-in-high-speed-car-chase-in-france A British father and his two children were killed on Sunday in a motorway crash in eastern France, police and firefighters said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160425/british-father-and-two-children-killed-en-french-road-crash Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:03:32 +0200 british-father-and-two-children-killed-en-french-road-crash Five young Frenchmen and two foreign restaurant workers were killed on Saturday when two cars collided on a highway near Figueres in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia, officials said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160402/two-frenchmen-killed-in-catalonia-car-crash Sat, 02 Apr 2016 18:10:06 +0200 two-frenchmen-killed-in-catalonia-car-crash The grief of families who lost loved ones when a suicidal co-pilot crashed a Germanwings plane into the French Alps has long turned to anger, a year after the tragedy that claimed 150 lives. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160320/grief-stricken-germanwings-families-plan-us-lawsuit Sun, 20 Mar 2016 10:35:20 +0100 grief-stricken-germanwings-families-plan-us-lawsuit Six pupils were killed in the second fatal school bus crash in France in just two days, after a truck's side panel sliced through the side of the vehicle. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160211/breaking-another-school-bus-crash-leaves-six-dead-in-france Thu, 11 Feb 2016 09:48:05 +0100 breaking-another-school-bus-crash-leaves-six-dead-in-france France has seen two fatal school bus this week, with eight pupils in total losing their lives. These accidents mark the latest in a long line of fatal crashes in recent years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151023/frances-deadliest-road-accidents Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:15:17 +0200 frances-deadliest-road-accidents A French high-speed train that derailed on a test run Saturday, leaving at least 10 dead and 37 injured, had "several children" on board, the rail company said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151115/fatal-french-tgv-train-had-children-on-board Sun, 15 Nov 2015 19:14:51 +0100 fatal-french-tgv-train-had-children-on-board