Belarusian diplomatic mission: our citizens were not injured in accident in Latvia

There were no Belarusian citizens among the passengers of a Minsk-Riga bus that met with an accident in Latvia. The Belarusian Embassy to the Latvian Republic has informed “Interfax” about it. According to a Belarusian citizen, all the three injured are Latvian citizens. However, according to RIA “Novosti” referring to the director of the Catastrophe Medicine Centre Martinsh Shyts, 11 passengers were taken to hospital and 10 were let off after they had received medical assistance.

The accident occurred when the Belarusian bus tried to drive around two elks on the road.