A student has described the moment a double-decker bus he was on board crashed into a river, seriously injuring five people.
Several teenagers and the driver were trapped inside the vehicle after it veered off the road in Eastleigh, Hampshire.
The bus was taking 19 students to Barton Peveril Sixth Form College when it came off Bishopstoke Road and ended in the River Itchen, at around 10am on Thursday.
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37 Comments
Pure Frank Spencer
That bus company is in trouble over maintenance of its bus.
The driver hasn't been identified yet so we can presume he's from good British stock.
Another cover up coming up I see…
dei💪
Sure that bus is possessed 😮
Oh My God 😱 What happened
BRING BACK FLY BY WIRE instead of these forking computers running the car gas pedal.
cars & planes SHOULD BE #FlyByWire
NO MORE A.I.
I hope everyone is ok?
That poor bus I took a lot of man hours making that bus
SE Asian licence
I hope everybody is ok
The bus driver is a complete nutter
Tommy Robinson
So why was the bus so far over ? Was he trying to pass the learner.
Old news
Considering the way it was being driven is it any surprise it crashed?
I'm not a sexist etc …..but I think I know what happened here
Maybe, just maybe, the driver had a heart attack!
Overtaking slow moving traffic and swerved to miss red car😮
Idiot at the wheel will be finding new work. Really poor driving 😠
Dangerous driving if ever iv seen it
Brake failure?
Inspector Blakey: BUTLER!!!!
No brakes
The girl on the path on the left that looked back at the bus looked like a devil,ghost or alien look at her face when she turns back around? Weird
He drive too fast that is no good .
The bus crash occurred in Eastleigh, Hampshire, on the morning of 26 June 2025, involving a double-decker bus carrying students from Barton Peveril Sixth Form College. The incident happened around 10:00 BST on Bishopstoke Road, when the bus was seen swerving through traffic, mounting the curb, and eventually crashing through railings into the River Itchen.
The 69-year-old male bus driver and a 16-year-old girl remain in serious condition in hospital. 19 students from the college were on board at the time. Most suffered minor injuries. Three students who suffered serious injuries were later discharged from hospital. Both the bus operator (Bluestar) and police are conducting investigations into the cause of the crash. Early indications from the driver and witnesses suggest possible mechanical failure, but the official cause is still under investigation. A resident and one of the first on the scene, reported that the driver told her the accelerator was jammed and the brakes failed.
Looks like he was steering around a few hazards , aiming to avoid other motorists and obstacles, which makes me think there was a technical defect.
With medical problem he would have crashed with a more chaotic trajectory( no control whatsoever)?
Where
Hopefully all survived and are in good health.
What the heck happened on that bus, I think that was Minehead Uni there
What !!!! Are the kid ok 👌
Guys
We have to pray for them ❤
Notice that the destination thing on the front of the bus was malfunctioning?
I know the full reason of this crash, this was because the breaks failed and the throttle jammed and it lost control, 20 people had minor injuries, 5 people including the Driver were taken to hospital with non life threatening conditions
The Accident of 11 Passenger Injured and Taken to the Hospital.