Some are already blaming the facts on Friday the 13th!
But for the RATP it is indeed the driver of a car who refused priority to the bus of line 111 who is responsible for the accident.
This Friday in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, around 11:45 am, a RATP bus hit a tree and a candelabra head-on, while trying to avoid, without success, the car that was arriving on it.
The accident left eight people injured, six of whom had to be transported to Henri-Mondor and intercommunal hospitals in Créteil.
The prognosis is not committed for any of the passengers but serious fractures are suspected.
The driver of the vehicle implicated by the RATP was among the injured: he suffered from back pain.
"Extremely rare" facts according to the RATP
The “extremely rare” events, reminiscent of the RATP, took place at the foot of the Créteil bridge, at the exit of Saint-Maur.
The line 11 bus "was traveling normally, when a vehicle denied it priority," says the RATP on-call communication service.
Our driver tried to avoid it but suddenly he hit a tree and street furniture ”.
Wait, I just realized that it is Friday the 13th and the accident bam in front of my window a bus that beats up a tree ok ..
- Flocco (@benarfinhoss) August 13, 2021
Shocked, the bus driver was taken in charge by his supervisors.
It was the passengers and the driver of the car arriving on the side who were injured.
Their care required the arrival on site of four vehicles of the Paris firefighters, or about ten men.
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, this Friday.
The struck tree and candelabra will have to be replaced by the city.
Sylvain Berrios / Saint town hall
The accident also demolished the bus, a candelabra and the tree in which the RATP vehicle was embedded.
"The municipal police went on site to secure traffic in the district, our technical services will have to cut down the tree and replace the candelabra", specifies Sylvain Berrios, LR mayor of Saint-Maur, who made public the accident via his Facebook account.
Bus traffic was not disrupted by the accident.
Serious accident on Boulevard de Creteil, involving a bus and a car.
Several injuries and significant damage.
Secured sector at this time.
Posted by Sylvain Berrios on Friday, August 13, 2021
The elected official, who introduced a 30 km / h limit in his city at the start of the year, is surprised at the seriousness of the accident.
"The investigation will have to show how much the two vehicles were traveling," insists the mayor.
If everyone respects the limit to 30, the time to stop a vehicle is very short, even in the event of a driving error.
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The Saint-Maur police station is in charge of the investigation.
The RATP specifies that it will file a complaint against the driver of the vehicle it implicates.
