An accident at the railway tracks in France
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South-east France. June 2008. An accident at the railway tracks near the town Massongy in the Haute Saone Department. It happened at the 4 p.m. The School Bus was carrying students from the city of Margencel for industrial work experience to the shores of Lake Geneva. He entered the crossing when the barriers had already come down. Apparently, the driver was confident that he would be able to slip by. But he failed. The bus was caught right in the crossing. The driver of the train, coming from the French town of Evian and heading to Geneva, Switzerland, said he saw the school bus too late. The bus was literally cut in half - the back of the bus was cut off, the roof collapsed.
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Entertainment program, Caught on Tape, Shocking
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shocking, driver, accident, Caught on tape, train, railway, collision, victim, France, students, tracks, school bus, barrier, crossing
Details
| ID: | #0118001022 |
| Date: | 2011-03-16 |
| Duration: | 00:01:05 |
| Language: | english |
| Dialogues: | yes |
| Views: | 3455 |
| Record format: | SD |
| Dimension: | 720x576 |
| Video standard: | PAL |
| Format video: | 4:3 |
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