Double-Decker Bus Carrying Students Plunges Into River in England in ‘Terrifying’ Crash

Double-Decker Bus Carrying Students Plunges Into River in England in ‘Terrifying’ Crash
A double-decker bus carrying high school students after it came off the road and plunged into a river, in Eastleigh, England, Thursday June 26, 2025. Andrew Matthews/PA via AP
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LONDON—A double-decker bus carrying high school students plunged into a river in southern England on Thursday, sending the driver and four teens to the hospital and leaving more than a dozen others with minor injures, officials said.

The bus was bound for Barton Peveril Sixth Form College, a school for 16- to 18-year-olds, when it sped off a road in Eastleigh and plunged into the River Itchen. The cause of the wreck was being investigated by police and the bus company.