Bus left submerged in River Seine as trainee driver crashes with passengers onboard

NY Post ^ | 05/01/2026 | Adam Silverstein

[DFG]

A trainee French bus driver crashed in Paris early Thursday — sending her and her passengers into the River Seine, where the bus ended up submerged.

The bus, carrying three passengers, had just left a station around 9:30 a.m. in the Juvisy-sur-Orge region of the French capital when it hit a parked car and veered into the water, dragging the vehicle with it.

Astonishing images showed the bus submerged with a blue car floating nearby.

Bystanders rushed to pull the four people from the river as emergency crews responded with 16 fire trucks, 34 firefighters, 60 police officers and river rescue teams.

“I realized something was happening when I heard screams and I looked out the window and saw people in the water, three people who were swimming,” a witness who gave her name as Natasha told local media, according to the Telegraph.

She said she threw a lifebuoy to a young woman.

“The person grabbed it and managed to get on my terrace. She was in shock and wasn’t coherent … it was really remarkable,” she said.

Rowing coach Doriane Ledain said she saw the bus fall into the river and rushed to help.

[DFG]

[joshua c]

in seine?

[DIRTYSECRET]

Kamikaze pilot for Hamas?

[dfwgator]

[ClearCase_guy]

Take a Left turn at the snack bar.

[Freedumb]

Looks like they were filming the latest installment of the Pink Panther series with Inspector Clouseau at the wheel.

[dfwgator]

And say, “Aloha!”

[albie]

DEI?

[Semper Vigilantis]

A trainee with 23 passengers and no Trainer on board? That is in seaine.

Does France give CDLs to the undocumented?

[lee martell]

The bus carrying the driver and three passengers went into the river.

16 firetrucks, 34 firefighters, 60 police officers responded. (!!!!)

[Semper Vigilantis]

^ should be 3 passengers on board ^

[PeterPrinciple]

Headline has no mention of floating car...................

[Red Badger]

[dznutz]

Was the drivers name Achmed or Habib? Was he heard shouting out something as the bus went through the railing?

[kawhill]

“The person grabbed it and managed to get on my terrace. She was in shock and wasn’t coherent … it was really remarkable,” she said. What’s remarkable is this entire saga.

[packrat35]

I have heard that it is very hard to get a French drivers license. Ex-pats that move there say it can take over 2 years sometimes.

[SunkenCiv]

Full Self-driving doesn't look so bad now, eh?

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[Beowulf9]

"...a witness who gave her name as Natasha " Then the three passengers had to be Rocky, Bullwinkle and...BORIS?!!!

[SaveFerris]

The bus 🚌 is out of control!!

Cosmo Kramer

[LouAvul]

Maybe they’re like blue state America, viz. we give illiterate, inbred mongrels from 3rd world countries and bypass all the red tape. In the name of multicultural tolerance.