Belgium: two dead and five seriously injured in a French tourist coach accident, the driver arrested – franceinfo

The facts occurred near the locality of Schoten, in the province of Antwerp (Belgium). Two people died and five are in critical condition on Sunday, April 10, after a French tourist coach accident on a highway in northern Belgium, Belgian federal police announced. Twenty-two other people were more lightly injured. The passengers are mostly French, but people of Spanish, Canadian, Mexican, Croatian and American nationalities were also on board, according to the Belga agency. The circumstances of the accident are not known at this stage. The red BlaBlaCar bus is lying on its side, windshield pulverized, according to photos of the accident. The section of the highway where it occurred, towards Breda (Netherlands), was temporarily closed to traffic. The bus driver was arrested following a positive narcotics test, according to the Antwerp prosecutor’s office, quoted by the Belga press agency. The 35-year-old man, who underwent a saliva test, is of French nationality, according to the same source. He was questioned on Sunday evening and his license was withdrawn, according to the prosecution. “Although drug checks are not legally required for the driver to start the bus (unlike what exists for alcohol), we apply strict procedures to select and check our bus partners,” BlaBlacar said. , adding to have “launched an investigation” into “this security failure”. The company specifies that it has “contacted VIC, the partner operating this bus line, to understand the circumstances of the accident and to help the passengers”.

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