THE BANKS ALONG THE SEINE RIVER IN PARIS, France, came to a standstill Thursday evening when an Austrian tour bus rolled out of a parking lot into the river close by the Eiffel Tower.
None of the tour’s 51 passengers were on board. It is believed that the driver hadn’t set the parking brake properly, allowing it to take a dip. Within minutes the police and fire department were on the scene and strapped the bus up to be raised from the river.
An English tourist was standing by with his home video camera:
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