The driver of the bus that crashed in Smiltene municipality on Monday morning, the 4th of August, was unable to remember the time and circumstances of the accident, the Vidzeme Regional Office of the State Police said.
The circumstances of the accident are currently being investigated in an administrative process, and technical examinations have been ordered in the case. A statement has been taken from the bus driver, who was not injured in the accident himself, but he was unable to remember the time and circumstances of the accident, the police explained.
The police also confirmed that, according to information at the disposal of law enforcement officers,
none of the five injured girls suffered serious injuries.
It has already been reported that five students of the Riga Basketball School were injured when a bus overturned in Launkalne parish on Monday morning. There were 45 passengers on the bus, including 43 children.
For reasons that are still unclear, the bus driver drove into the opposite lane, drove off the roadway, and the vehicle overturned.
The bus was on its way from Riga to Smilteni – to a basketball camp.
According to initial information, the bus driver was not under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident.
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