Four people were killed and 11 others seriously injured on Friday in a motorway accident in western France involving a bus carrying a group of Ukrainians, authorities said.

Thirty-four others sustained minor injuries in the incident on the motorway outside the town of Degre, said the police.

Forty-nine fire trucks were on the scene to assist in the rescue operations, it said.

No further details were immediately available regarding the identities of the victims, the circumstances of the accident or the number of vehicles involved.

The coach was reportedly carrying a group of Ukrainian adults and adolescents.

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