Trainee Bus Driver Crashes Into River Seine

A training session for a new bus driver in suburban Paris ended in the River Seine on Thursday. Authorities say a trainee at the wheel struck a parked car in Juvisy-sur-Orge, about 12 miles south of Paris, then left the roadway and plunged into the water, the BBC reports. The driver was nearing the end of her on-road instruction and was accompanied by a supervising "lead driver," according to the regional transport authority. Four people were on board—the driver, the supervisor, and two passengers—and all were pulled from the river, officials said. The parked car also ended up in the Seine.

The rescue operation involved more than 90 firefighters, divers, and police, plus rescue boats, a drone, and helicopters. Drug and alcohol tests for the driver came back negative, and the cause of the crash is not yet known. The president of Île-de-France Mobilités has ordered an internal investigation. "Instead of veering to the right, the bus went straight on and dragged a car down with it," a witness tells AFP. She says bystanders rushed to a barge and threw life rings into the river before emergency services arrived.