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Five children dead as French train hits school bus


    PARIS (Reuters) - A train collided with a school bus in eastern France near the border with Switzerland, killing at least five children, police said on Monday.

    At least 15 people were injured.

    A spokesman for national rail operator SNCF said theaccident occurred at around 2.00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. British time)when a regional train struck the bus at a level crossing nearthe town of Allinges in eastern France.

    (Reporting by Laure Bretton; writing by James Mackenzie;editing by Crispian Balmer)