10 injured, 1 seriously, in NY school bus accident

NEW YORK: Officials say an adult was seriously hurt and nine children suffered lesser injuries when a yellow school bus jumped a curb and crashed into the front of a New York City bank.

A spokesman for the fire department says the accident happened Tuesday morning in Brooklyn.

All those injured have been transferred to hospitals.

The spokesman did not know what caused the accident.

- Arab News

Plane Crash in Paris

Paris, France (CNN) -- The fiery crash that brought down a Concorde supersonic jet in 2000, killing 113 people, was caused partially by the criminal negligence of Continental Airlines and a mechanic who works for the company, a French court ruled Monday.

Continental Airlines was fined 202,000 euros ($268,400) and ordered to pay 1 million euros to Air France, which operated the doomed flight.

Mechanic John Taylor received a fine of 2,000 euros ($2,656) and a 15-month suspended prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter.


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