Overview

• On June 19, 2025, the Bordeaux Court of Appeal ordered a general dismissal of the inquiry, rejecting the public prosecutor’s request to charge a transport company and a repair garage.
• The case had previously been dismissed in 2021, then reopened in 2023 before prosecutors sought a trial in April.
• The October 23, 2015 collision between a semi-trailer and a bus carrying retirees near Puisseguin resulted in 43 deaths, including the truck driver and his three-year-old son.
• Victims’ collective vice-president Guillaume Buisson called the verdict unacceptable and a shame, and many relatives left the hearing in tears.
• The crash remains the deadliest in France since the 1982 Beaune accident and has intensified calls for stronger road safety regulations.