Eurotunnel train smashes into minibus with multiple casualties

At least 19 people have been injured after a Channel Tunnel train ploughed into a minibus.

The minibus flipped onto the railway tracks outside and was then struck by a different freight train in Pas-de-Calais at around 8pm.

None of the wounds are considered life-threatening, according to local Pas-de-Calais authorities.

 The bus, carrying 19 people, including the driver were about to board a Le Shuttle shuttle when they were struck.

Some victims are suffering from leg and head pain, it was reported.

Firefighters, paramedics, police and an intensive care unit helicopter are on the scene.

The accident occurred ‘at the loading dock of the Eurotunnel site’ in Coquelles.

The Channel Tunnel has closed to trains for the foreseeable future.

No deaths are to be reported at this stage and no lives are in danger.

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