DHAKA: At least six people including five children have been killed in a minibus crash near the French city of Troyes, south-east of Paris.

Officials say, reports the BBC.

The minibus in which the children were travelling collided with a lorry on a minor road. Several other people were hurt, reports say.

At least one of two adults on the minibus was among those killed.

French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve was due to go the scene.

BDST: 2156 HRS, JUL 22, 2014