NANTES, 08/27/2013 Illustration of a chronobus in Nantes - Fabrice Elsner

An important rescue system, made up of firefighters and Smur personnel, has been mobilized since Monday noon Chantenay district in Nantes. According to the departmental fire and rescue service, three buses collided shortly before 1 p.m. at the Fardières stop, along Boulevard Maréchal-Juin, a one-way route. They did not carry passengers.

The provisional report communicated by the firefighters reports a seriously injured person. She is the driver of one of the buses, who suffers from leg fractures and a head trauma, and who had to be extricated, says Semitan.

Lines 81 and C20 diverted

The circumstances of the accident are still unclear but, according to the first elements, a vehicle was stopped in the bus corridor when a second slowed down while trying to overtake it. The third bus, just behind, hit him. Lines 81 and C20 are diverted.

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