Four buses carrying soldiers, and with no less than 119 people, are involved in this impressive traffic accident that occurred Wednesday evening in the Yvelines, on the A13.
It is an accident to say the least spectacular. The figures that reach us testify. Wednesday, March 19, around 7:30 p.m., a road accident involving four buses each carrying around fifty soldiers occurred on the A13, near Mantes-la-Jolie, in the Yvelines, reports Le Figaro. The provisional assessment reported at the end of the evening of 35 injured, according to Bfmtvincluding at least two serious, according to Le Figaro. Many injured were transported to the hospital, the daily reported. According to the continuous information chain, no less than 119 people are involved in this road accident.
The reasons for what seems to be a collision between buses had, on Wednesday evening, not officially revealed. But according to Actu.frit would have started when a light vehicle would have tried to interfere between the buses which returned from a visit to the Evreux air base. The large number of injured would be the consequence of a chain collision. The Novi emergency plan has been launched due to the large number of victims, reveals Actu.fr.
In the early evening, the firefighters of the 78 alerted to the incident, inviting to avoid the sector. According to BFMTV, no less than 51 firefighters and 31 of their vehicles were mobilized, as well as three medical teams, without forgetting the police. At the end of the evening, the 119 people involved had been evacuated, but the buses remained there. A removal operation is to be organized on Thursday morning. Traffic was able to resume however. However, it remains complicated since a single route has reopened.
Buses carrying the students participating in the joint seminar of the great military schools were involved this evening in a serious road accident on their return from a visit to the Devreux air base.
The one of the one of these buses, a soldier,
– Sébastien Lecornu (@seblecornu) March 19, 2025
The Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, reacted at the end of the evening. “Buses carrying the students who participate in the joint seminar of the grandmatic schools were involved this evening in a serious road accident on their return from a visit to the Evreux air base”, he detailed on X. He also specified that “the driver of one of these buses, a soldier, as well as two gendarmes students have been taken care of at the Military Hospital Vital prognosis is not committed “.