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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Chris Kitching & Ashlie Blakey

British tourists among 33 people injured in horror coach crash in France

British tourists have been identified as being among those injured after a horror coach crash in France.

The collision, which involved a Flixbus coach, has reportedly left 33 people injured.

Pictures surfacing on social media show a harrowing wreckage amid reports Brits were on board.

Images show the coach tipped over onto its side with a smashed windscreen and parts missing.

The coach was travelling from Paris to London, it has been claimed.

Reports suggest it was involved in a horror crash on a motorway near Amiens, a region of Northern France.

British tourists are among those injured in the crash, it is believed (Police/Mirror Online)

Firefighters cut a hole in the back of the coach to free some of the injured passengers who were trapped inside the vehicle.

The Courrier Picard newspaper reported that the driver and all 32 passengers were injured.

Victims were taken to a number of local hospitals, with four passengers suffering from serious injuries.

Passengers from the UK, France, the US, Spain, Australia, the Netherlands, Romania and Russia were all aboard the service to the UK, it has been reported.

The incident happened on the A1 motorway between Amiens and Saint-Quentin just before 12pm local time on Sunday.

Flixbus has set up an emergency number on +33 80030013730.

Loved ones and passengers can also use the email address - specialcare@flixbus.com.

The Foreign Office has yet to issue a statement over the incident in France.

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