British student hit by bus on holiday island
19-year-old intern suffered fatal injuries and died in Corsica
A British girl has died in a road traffic accident on the island of Corsica, it was reported today. 19-year-old Sophie Fletcher-Curran was on a year-long internship with Mark Curran, a holiday firm, when she was hit by a bus and suffered fatal injuries.
Sophie died in hospital in Bastia on the French island; her family are receiving help from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to fly out there, after their daughter passed away last night. The Managing Director for Mark Curran described Sophie’s accident as a “tragic loss,” and extended the condolences of her work colleagues.
(BBC News, 2009)
Sophie had been crossing the Route Nationale 198 just outside her hotel lodgings, on her way to work, something she would do every day; she was airlifted to hospital, but doctors were unable to resuscitate her.