One dead after van hits people at Marseille bus stop

MARSEILLE: One person was killed and another seriously injured in the southern French city of Marseille on Monday after a van ploughed into people at two different bus stops, police sources, adding that the suspected driver had been arrested, reports AFP.

Marseille's prosecutor Xavier Tarabeux said that investigators had no "element pointing to a terrorist attack" and that the driver was believed to suffer from "psychiatric" problems.

"He was found with a letter from a psychiatric clinic and we are leaning towards treating it as a mental health case," Tarabeux told AFP.

The vehicle first drove at speed towards a bus stop in the city's northern 13th district at around 9:00 am (0700 GMT), leaving one person seriously hurt.

The driver then continued onto the eastern 11th district, where he drove at another bus stop, causing one fatality.

 

One dead after van hits people at Marseille bus stop

MARSEILLE: One person was killed and another seriously injured in the southern French city of Marseille on Monday after a van ploughed into people at two different bus stops, police sources, adding that the suspected driver had been arrested, reports AFP. Marseilles prosecutor Xavier Tarabeux said that investigators had no element pointing to a terrorist attack and that the driver was believed to suffer from psychiatric problems. He was found with a letter from a psychiatric clinic and we are leaning towards treating it as a mental health case, Tarabeux told AFP. The vehicle first drove at speed towards a bus stop in the citys northern 13th district at around 9:00 am (0700 GMT), leaving one person seriously hurt. The driver then continued onto the eastern 11th district, where he drove at another bus stop, causing one fatality.