The teenagers' trip goes wrong: their bus breaks down with air conditioning, 9 victims are evacuated to the Montpellier emergency room

The young people were taken care of by the firefighters. Sdis34

Emergency services went to the gas station in the town of Bosc to take care of 42 teenagers, 13 of whom had serious nausea and headaches due to heatstroke on the bus during the night of Thursday July 11 to Friday 12 July.

They left Spain to return to Belgium, but the journey did not go as planned. During the night of Thursday July 11 to Friday July 12 , at the Leclerc service station located in the town of Bosc, next to the A75, the Hérault firefighters intervened to rescue teenagers who, due to lack of air conditioning in their bus, had suffered symptoms of nausea and headache.

Air conditioning failure

On board the bus, 42 teenagers, four leaders and two Belgian drivers. Everyone had suffered from heatstroke. It must be said that the air conditioning had broken down and in the passenger compartment of the vehicle, the temperature quickly became a problem.

Thirteen adolescents complained of severe nausea and severe headaches. The emergency services examined the entire group, before evacuating 9 of them to the emergency room of the Lapeyronie University Hospital in Montpellier.

Overnight pick-up

They were taken care of by the firefighters but also by teams from the Red Cross and the town hall. Sdis34

They were installed in the school group until a new bus arrived. Sdis 34

The others as well as the adults who accompanied them were gathered in the Bosc school group. They were then taken care of by the town hall as well as by teams from the Red Cross, until a new bus arrived from Belgium to transport them.