The incident happened just before midnight on the A6B motorway into Paris (Picture: BSPP)
A bus carrying 37 passengers, four cars and a motorbike all crashed into each other during a storm in France.
At least 36 people have been rushed to hospital, with five of them believed to be in critical condition after the collision in Chevilly-Larue in the southern suburbs of Paris.
Footage from the scene on the A6B motorway shows the bus overturned on its side and all four cars mangled, with their hoods and trunks crumpled and windshields shattered.
French media reported that the incident happened at 11.30pm on Thursday when the driver of the Blablacar bus lost control due to the black ice on the road.
Paris firefighters said 24 engines were deployed to the scene (Picture: BSPP)
The vehicle overturned across the motorway, crushing a number of cars in its path.
‘We heard screams and I felt the bus skidding,’ one of the bus passengers told CNEWS. ‘It crashed to the ground, onto cars.’
Operator Blablacar confirmed their bus was involved in the incident, adding that it had been travelling towards the city of Brest in northwestern France.
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