A coach carrying nearly fifty teenagers from a Gloucestershire school has crashed in France.
One student from the Bournside School in Cheltenham is in a life-threatening condition
A British student is in a life-threatening condition in hospital after a coach crash in France.
42 pupils from Cheltenham's Bournside School were on board travelling to Italy whenthe coach crashed near the Swiss border.
Two of the students were airlifted to hospital, one in a ‘life-threatening’ condition and another in a ‘serious’ condition. The school have met with the parents of these two students, who are now on their way to France to be with their children.
A further ten students and one member of staff received ‘minor’ injuries. The parents of these ten children have been contacted.
The remaining students and staff are with Police.
The driver of a coach which crashed in France leaving a school pupil seriously injured says he lost control while looking for sunglasses.
A public fundraising campaign page has been launched to help the parents of Cheltenham Bournside School pupil, Sophie Herbert.
Some of the teenagers caught up in a coach crash in France, have returned home. The coach was carrying 40 Gloucestershire teenagers.