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French police said one person was killed in an initial crash at a bus stop, then another person was injured in a second crash at another bus stop in the Aix-en-Provence port town popular with British tourists. The victim who was killed has been confirmed to be a 42-year-old woman, while the second, injured victim is a 29-year-old woman. The 35-year-old driver was arrested at the scene, a French police source said. It is not clear if the man drove into the bus shelters deliberately.

Marseille crash: Pictures from the scene Mon, August 21, 2017 One person was killed and another injured after a car crashed into two bus shelters in the French city of Marseille Play slideshow AFP/Getty Images 1 of 14 A white sheet is erected as a body of a victim is evacuated to a waiting ambulance

Police said he is a French national who did not live in Marseille but was known to the authorities. The first person was killed at 8.15am local time (7.15am BST) after a white Renault Master van, believed to be stolen earlier this morning, smashed into a bus shelter in the Red Cross neighbourhood in the 13th arrondissement, in the poorer eastern part of the city. An hour later, at 9am local time (8am BST), the woman was injured after another bus shelter was driven into on Avenue des Peintres-Roux outside a KFC branch in La Valentine, in the 11th arrondissement. The driver was then arrested on Boulevard Charles Livon in the Old Port area, about eight miles west of the first crash.

REUTERS A white van crashed into two bus shelters in separate parts of Marseille

The crashes come as French police have joined in the search for Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, who is suspected to have been the driver of the van which ploughed into dozens of people in Barcelona on Thursday, killing 13 people. Spanish authorities fear the terror attack perpetrator has fled to France as they have still not managed to pin him down in Spain. The source, added: "At the moment we have no information on the motives of this individual." ISIS supporters have already started praising the incident.

The crash comes as France remains on high alert following a series of terror attacks over the past two years. A handful of ISIS supporters have used trucks and cars to cause carnage in several French cities and towns, including nearby Nice on Bastille Day last year. Earlier this month six counter-terror soldiers were injured after a man rammed his BMW into them outside a Paris barracks in a "deliberate act of terror".

NC The driver crashed into two bus stops in Marsaille

The week after a 13-year-old girl was killed on the outdoor terrace of a pizzeria in Sept-Sorts, a small town east of Paris, after a man deliberately rammed his grey BMW into the restaurant. Earlier today it was revealed Paris police found an arsenal of rocket launchers last Thursday in the capital's Saint-Denis neighbourhood which is known for being home to several ISIS sympathisers and terrorists.

Getty The white Renault Master van is believed to have been stolen before the crashes

Getty Crime scene investigators were combing through smashed glass in Marseille