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.
2:48 p.m .: Highway #A7 towards Lyon after entrance n°12 Chanas is still cut off.
Our teams are responding to an #Accident involving a truck and a coach.
Avoid the sector.➡️ Exit recommended and entry not recommended at Tain l'Hermitage n°13 #InfoTrafic https://t.co/2klMwRDT16
– A7 motorway (@A7Trafic) September 26, 2022
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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.
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