Details of Minsk bus accident: 15 injured, 3 in hospital

Euroradio reminds, the fixed-route bus his the lamp-post on Monday night. According to preliminary information, the driver fainted at the wheel.



BELTA informs with a reference to the traffic police, 15 people were delivered to different Minsk hospitals right after the accident. However, only 3 of them stayed in hospitals. Others were sent home after the medical examination - their injures were not serious. The 53-year-old woman has a brain trauma of medium severity, the 63-year-old man has a similar injury. The 28-year-old girl was sent to hospital under suspicion of a leg fracture, but her diagnosis hasn't confirmed yet.



The reasons for the accident are being clarified. According to the driver, he drove about 300 meters along his route and then he felt bad and fainted. He also told the traffic police inspectors that he felt good before the start.



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