British girl, 40, amongst a number of useless in horror France motorway crash
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embers of a British household of seven are among the many useless and injured in a horror crash in northern France.
At least three individuals, together with a lady from the UK, are amongst those that misplaced their lives within the collision on the A26 motorway, south of Lens, on Sunday night.
“Three people are dead and dozens injured, including many children,” stated a spokesman for native emergency services.
“A van with a British family of seven people on board was one of the three vehicles involved in the crash.
“A 40-year-old British woman died instantly, along with two others travelling in another vehicle.
“The other passengers – aged between six and 48 – were taken to hospital in Cambrai and Arras.”
The supply stated that some survivors remained in a ‘life threatening situation” in intensive care on Monday morning.
The accident befell on Sunday, shortly after 6pm, on a bit of the motorway the place street works have been going down, between the cities of Neuville-Saint-Vaast and Thélus.
A second car contained 4 individuals, a 75-year-old girl and a 45-year-old man, who additionally died.
The different two passengers on this automobile have been a 14-year-old boy and a 79-year-old man who have been in a crucial situation.
The third car concerned was a automobile with 4 passengers, together with three kids, aged between six and 33.
The part of the A26 motorway was closed off till late into the evening, as six emergency medical groups attended the scene.
Roughly 60 firefighters have been additionally scrambled to the crash web site, to attempt to rescue the victims.
An investigation has been launched to try to decide the reason for the accident.
It occurred on the peak of the vacation season, when 1000’s of British drivers make their approach throughout the Channel.