Three people died and 15 were injured in a coach crash near the French city of Dunkirk yesterday early morning.

This was a second accident involving a Polish bus on French roads in over the last month. The coach, carrying 44 passengers was heading to London and Dublin. The most probable reason for the accident was heavy rain and a slippery road, which were the hallmarks of the tragedy in Grenoble, where the driver was guilty of not matching the speed of the bus to the conditions on the road. Three women died on the spot falling out of the window during the crash. According to the Marek Paszt, the head of Polonia Transport which owns the bus, the vehicle was new and was driven by three experienced drivers. The French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner immediately declared readiness to help those who suffered injuries in the accident. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1; Dziennik, p. 1; Gazeta Wyborzca, p. 1) A.K.