Sounds like a tragedy may have just happened.
BBC states that there have, sadly, been fatalities
More details to followThe Guardian said:French authorities say there has been a “serious rail accident” in southern France involving a school bus and a regional train.
Transport minister Élisabeth Borne described the incident as a “terrible accident” and said she was travelling immediately to the scene.
The Pyrenees-Orientales authority tweeted that the collision occurred on Thursday afternoon on a railway crossing at a small town some 15 kilometres (9 miles) west of Perpignan, close to the border with Spain.
“All emergency services have been mobilised and a crisis coordination unit set up,” an official at the local Millas town hall told Reuters.
BBC states that there have, sadly, been fatalities
BBC said:A train and a school bus have collided near Perpignan in south France, leaving at least three dead, reports say.
Another nine people were reported to be injured on the bus, seven of them seriously in the incident between Millas and Saint-Feliu-d'Amont.
The students on the bus are reported to be between the ages of 11 and 15.
"All emergency services have been mobilised and a crisis co-ordination unit set up," a local official told Reuters.
Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne called the crash a "terrible accident" and said on Twitter that she was going to the scene, about 850km (530 miles) south of Paris.