The Latest: French rail authority says crossing was in order
(WorldNews France)

PARIS (AP) -- The Latest on a collision between a train and a school bus in southern France (all times local): 7:25 p.m. France's SNCF national rail authority says witnesses described the crossing gates as functioning properly at the time that a train crashed into a bus carrying children in southern France. An SNCF official told The Associated Press that the train normally travels at 80 kilometers per hour at the location of the crash near Perpignan. The official said...