19 injured as minibus crashes into train at Channel Tunnel entrance

France 2416 October 2026, 00:53 UTCFrance

Nineteen people were injured Thursday when a minibus carrying truck drivers crashed into a vehicle shuttle train at the French entrance to the Channel Tunnel near Calais, forcing a 90-minute suspension of shuttle services. Two people were hospitalised with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, French authorities said.

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