Eight Ukrainians injured, as bus overturns in Poland
13:45, 27 July 2009
WARSAW, July 27. KAZINFORM A bus, which was carrying mostly Ukrainian citizens from the Ukrainian city of Lvov to the German city of Karlsruhe, has overturned in southern Poland on Sunday; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
Eight people were injured, six of them, including a child, were hospitalised, their lives are out of danger.
The bus with the German number plate has two drivers and 47 passengers, mostly Ukrainians as well as German citizens. On the Krakow-Chrzanow highway the driver lost control of the wheel, skidded on the roadside and the bus overturned.
The police believe that the carelessness of the driver caused the road accident, as the driver could probably fall asleep behind the wheel; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass.
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