Fifteen teenagers and staff were injured when a coach carrying British pupils on a school camping trip careered off a French motorway after the driver fell asleep.

Two of the students, both aged 16, are in hospital, with one in a life-threatening condition. Ten pupils and one member of staff received minor injuries.

Relatives of the most badly injured students rushed to France yesterday to be with their children.

The two other people injured are believed to include one of the two drivers on board.