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Nineteen people were injured this evening after a minibus collided with a freight train near the French entrance to the Channel Tunnel.

An inquiry has been launched into the incident, which resulted in two people being airlifted to hospital. None of the injuries were life-threatening, said Agathe Cury, the Under Prefect of the Pas-de-Calais region.

She added that this was "the first time an incident of this type has occurred" on an Eurotunnel loading platform.

Freight and Eurostar traffic have not been disrupted, Cury said.

The BBC's Evan Davis, who was travelling through the Eurotunnel to Calais at the time of the incident, witnessed blue light vehicles "concentrated on one of the platforms" as he entered France.

We're ending our live coverage now - for more details on the collision, read the BBC's full news story here.

Evan Davis
Radio 4 PM Presenter

Around the time of the incident, I happened to be coming through the tunnel from Folkestone to Calais.

I got an alert from Eurotunnel while we were on the train saying: "Service disruption due to an ongoing incident." We were directed off the train as normal and ushered off via the normal route.

I came through and there were some very clear blue lights concentrated on one of the platforms - presumably a freight platform - in this enormous terminal.

As I understand, this is how the service for lorry drivers works: lorries are parked on these big open vehicles and the drivers are taken by minibus to a safer closed carriage for the journey.

It seems to be one of these minibuses that collided with a freight vehicle on a platform.

I'm currently just outside the terminal, where I'm seeing fewer blue lights inside the terminal than there were earlier. I'm also seeing quite a lot of blue light vehicles leaving.

It all seems to have been quite contained on one platform.

There were plenty of cars queueing up at check-in when I drove past just now, and I saw some cars going through check-in, so despite the collision they weren't being held.

The BBC's Evan Davis - who was travelling from the UK to France - has filmed what he saw after driving through the Channel Tunnel.

Pas-de-Calais' Under Prefect Agathe Cury says an inquiry has now been launched into the causes of the incident.

She says that "for reasons currently unknown", the minibus struck the shuttle "as it was departing".

"This is the first time an incident of this type has occurred" on an Eurotunnel loading platform, she adds.

Cury also tells the press emergency respondents were dispatched within nine minutes from the initial report of the incident.

She says 55 firefighters intervened at the scene alongside 25 teams from the mobile emergency and intensive care service (Smur) and about 20 border police officers.

Cury also adds that freight and Eurostar traffic have not been disrupted.

Pas-de-Calais Under Prefect Agathe Cury has provided an update on the collision in Pas-de-Calais earlier this evening.

She confirms that 18 passengers and the bus driver were injured in the crash. Two people - including the driver - were classified as critical and airlifted to the University Hospital in Lille, she has told reporters.

The remaining 17 were taken to hospitals in Helfaut, Calais, Boulogne, Montreuil-sur-Mer and Dunkirk.

"None of them are in critical condition," Cury has added.

Earlier we reported that five people were critically injured, but those numbers have now been revised down to two, according to media reports.

Both people have been taken to hospital in Lille.

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As information continues to come in, here's a look at what we know about the collision:

• The incident involved a freight train and minibus
• 19 people are injured, though none of these injuries are life-threatening
• No deaths have been reported
• Local media is reporting that the driver of the minibus is among those injured
• The minibus was transporting heavy goods vehicle drivers about to board the Shuttle
• Eurostar says all its trains will run as scheduled

We've reported 19 people were injured in the accident, with the bus driver among those injured, according to local media.

A photo of the crash published by French media shows the bus alongside the train and the front right of the vehicle severely dented.

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We've just received a statement from Eurostar saying all their trains will run as scheduled.

"An incident occurred several kilometres away from the Channel Tunnel tonight, not involving Eurostar. This incident does not impact Eurostar trains running from and to London. All of Eurostar trains will run as expected," the statement says.

The last two trains running between Paris and London today were cancelled, but this was due to engineering works, and not the collision, Eurostar adds.

We're seeing reports in local media that five of those injured have been assessed as critical.

As a reminder, a statement from the Pas-de-Calais prefect has said no lives are at risk.

The AFP news agency, citing the local prefecture, says these five are likely to be downgraded to "relative emergency" or stable.

The Eurotunnel is a train service that runs under the sea between England and France.

It connects people from Folkestone in Kent to Coquelles in Pas-de-Calais on the French side.

Three different rail services operate through the tunnel - the Eurostar, a passenger train that begins in London and goes to several European destinations, freight trains which transport goods and Le Shuttle, which transports vehicles.

The incident involves a minibus transporting workers who were about to board Le Shuttle.

We can now bring you details of a statement from the Pas-de-Calais prefect which says the incident involved a minibus that was transporting heavy goods vehicle drivers about to board the Shuttle.

Initial reports indicate 19 people were involved, the statement continues.

No deaths have been reported and no lives are considered to be in danger.

Nineteen people have been injured after a collision between a bus and a freight train at the Eurotunnel site in Pas-de-Calais, authorities say.

This is a breaking news story. Stick with us as we bring you more details.