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Nineteen hurt after minibus hits train at Channel Tunnel terminal

Nineteen hurt after minibus hits train at Channel Tunnel terminal

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Two of the 19 injured, including the bus driver, were flown by helicopter to hospital in Lille, but none of the injuries are life threatening. The minibus was taking lorry drivers to board Le Shuttle when it hit a departing freight train at Coquelles, near Calais, on Thursday evening. Local official Agathe Cury said the cause is unknown, and an investigation has begun.

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