VLADIVOSTOK, December 8 One child was hospitalized after an accident with a school bus in Primorye, and one adult remains in the hospital, said the press secretary of the regional Ministry of Health Svetlana Dmitrichenko.
Earlier, the ministry told the agency that eight children were injured as a result of an accident with a school bus, they were sent for outpatient treatment, and another adult was hospitalized.
«One child was taken to the Nakhodka hospital. An adult who was previously hospitalized remains in the Partizansk hospital,» Dmitrichenko said.
Earlier, the prosecutor's office reported that on the afternoon of December 8, an accident occurred involving a bus carrying 21 schoolchildren and one accompanying person from an excursion. Previously, the bus driver did not give way to a Toyota Sprinter when turning left. In the video published on the Telegram channel of the prosecutor's office, the bus is lying on its side on the road. The police reported that, preliminary, one child was injured and was hospitalized; the 45-year-old driver of the Toyota Sprinter was also taken to the hospital. The head of the Partizansky urban district of Primorye, Oleg Bondarev, reported that all the children from the school bus involved in the accident were sent to the hospital for examination.
A representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Primorye reported that the cause of the accident with a school bus in Primorye, preliminary, was the driver’s inattention and violation of traffic rules.