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Around 15 people have been injured in France after a bus carrying teenagers crashed near the Swiss border.

Local media in France says three people have been seriously injured.

The Penygroes based Express Motors bus was travelling to Italy and toppled over on a motorway near Lons-le-Saunier, close to the Swiss border.

An employee confirmed that it was one of its coaches that was involved in the crash.

There were 48 people on board, most of them teenagers aged 14 to 17.

It is yet to be confirmed if those travelling onboard were part of a school trip.

Two helicopters were dispatched to the scene of the crash.

A spokesman for the Foreign Office said: “We are providing support to a group of British nationals following a coach crash in France.

“We are in contact with the relevant local authorities.”