A collision between a coach from the Flixbus company and a heavy goods vehicle occurred this Monday shortly before 12:45 p.m. on the A7 motorway, south of the Lyon metropolitan area at Auberives-sur-Varèze, indicates the website actu.fr.
If the driver of the truck emerged unscathed from the accident, that of the coach was seriously injured, still according to actu.fr, which indicates that at 2 p.m., he was still embedded in the vehicle. Of the 43 passengers, six were also slightly injured and will be transported in “relative emergency” to hospitals in the region.
Very disrupted traffic
The motorway is closed in the Marseille to Lyon direction after entrance n ° 12 Chanas is still cut, indicated Vinci Autoroutes on the Twitter account dedicated to the A7. Motorists were advised to avoid the area and take exit 13 at Tain L’Hermitage.