A crash on the A13 highway near Paris involved four buses carrying personnel from the French Republican Guards. BFMTV reported that more than thirty people were injured in the incident. The report described how a passenger car attempted to merge into the convoy, forcing one of the buses to brake sharply and triggering a collision that cascaded through the line of vehicles. Rescue services moved quickly to assist the injured, while sections of the roadway were temporarily closed to traffic as crews worked on the scene.
More than forty rescue workers arrived to manage the aftermath, provide medical care, and secure the area. They established triage zones, transported the injured to nearby hospitals, and coordinated traffic diversions to prevent secondary incidents. The response reflected standard emergency procedures for mass-casualty road events, with authorities prioritizing patient care and rapid clearance of the route.
Earlier reports from Russia’s Voronezh region described a separate incident in which a Ural truck carrying wounded military personnel arrived at the scene of a burned bus. Local authorities indicated that the convoy crash occurred as responders were still assessing the damage, highlighting ongoing concerns about battlefield-to-evacuation logistics in emergency situations.
Preliminary data place the Voronezh crash at night along the Voronezh-Langansk Highway at the 158th kilometer. Responders found a bus severely damaged by fire, and the Ural truck reportedly arrived to assist with the evacuation of wounded servicemen. Investigators and regional emergencies services are continuing to review the sequence of events to determine causes and contributing factors.
Commentators in Russia have raised questions about why buses appear involved in accidents and what factors—ranging from road conditions to vehicle maintenance and driver readiness—might contribute to such events. Officials and observers are calling for continued scrutiny of transport safety protocols and cross-border safety cooperation to prevent similar incidents in the future.