What the records say
- When
- 10 Nov 1957
- Kind
- Road accident
- Coordinates
- 21.02° S, 55.28° E
- Deaths
- 28
1957 Saint-Paul bus accident
The 1957 Saint-Paul bus accident took place on Sunday, 10 November 1957, on a road meandering down the steep mountainside above central Saint-Paul, one of the sub-prefectures of the island of Réunion. Caused by a rupture in the brakes of a bus on an incline, it killed 27 people and left a lasting mark on the collective memory of this French Indian Ocean département.
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