A 63-year-old bus driver on the Riga-Chernivtsi route lost control in bad weather at night, and the bus slid off the side of the road at a turn.
In Poland’s Lublin Voivodeship, a Ukrainian bus with 26 people on board was involved in an accident at night. This was announced today, January 19, in connection with the words of the press secretary of the police of the city of Belaya Podlasskaya Barbara Salchinskaya-Pyrkhla Ukrinform.
According to preliminary data, the cause of the accident was failure to adjust speed to difficult weather conditions. Then the snow falls, it is slippery – a difficult situation on the road,” said Salchinskaya-Pyrkhla.
It is noted that the accident occurred at half past midnight Kyiv time in the village of Vishnytsia.
According to preliminary data, a 63-year-old bus driver on the Riga-Chernivtsi route lost control in bad weather conditions, and the bus slid off the side of the road at a turn, where it hit the an obstacle, overturned and crashed into a tree.
The bus has two drivers and 24 passengers. Three victims, including an 80-year-old woman, were taken to hospitals, while the remaining passengers were taken to a temporary location to wait for another bus.
Police said the bus driver was sober at the time of the accident.
We remind you that a Ukrainian minibus was involved in an accident in Poland, and there was a death. The driver did not brake in time, and the minibus collided with a truck standing on the side of the road. Due to the accident, a 30-year-old man was killed and eight people were injured.
Source: korrespondent
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