In pictures: French coach crash

1 of 12 Police said the coach appeared to have tried to overtake another vehicle on a curve while travelling at excessive speed

2 of 12 The coach fell down an embankment on the A6 motorway in the northern suburbs of the city of Lyon, south-east French

3 of 12 The coach was carrying 78 people

4 of 12 Passengers were cut from the wreckage

5 of 12 Four people have serious injuries

6 of 12 The coach was heading south to Spain, to take the passengers on a holiday they had won in a lottery

7 of 12 About 60 of the 78 passengers had been asleep

8 of 12 About 20 passengers and one of the drivers, a Russian, were still trapped inside the coach hours after the crash

9 of 12 Nineteen passengers were taken by helicopter to hospital

10 of 12 French rescue workers attended the scene

11 of 12 The coach was carrying people of all ages

12 of 12 Police said the coach hit a guardrail and an electrical pole