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Strong wind and snow cause problems on the roads. A bus overturned near Pilsen

The bus crashed shortly before 1 pm on a snowy road near Bezvěrov in the Pilsen region. The vehicle ended up off the road on its side.

Out of ten passengers, rescuers treated two women aged 66 and 68 and took them to the University Hospital in Pilsen with minor injuries.

The driver, who had his hand cut from broken glass, was also treated on the spot. According to firefighters, some passengers have already been taken home by relatives.

According to the police, the driver drove in the direction from Pilsen to Karlovy Vary and about half a kilometer in front of the village of Bezvěrov, in heavy snow and wind, got off the bus on the right off the road, where he rolled onto his side.

Three people were injured in the crashed bus

Photo: HZS Plzeňského kraje

Due to snowfall, firefighters in the region went several times to remove fallen trees, especially in the Klatovy region. At Brčálník in Šumava, a train carrying 13 passengers ran into a fallen tree in the afternoon. The incident went unnoticed.

Another bus accident was solved by police officers in the Chrudim region in the afternoon. The bus went off the road and crashed sideways into the trees and then returned to the road. “At that time, 24 children were traveling on the bus, some of whom were treated on the spot by the ambulance service, and only one of the children was taken by paramedics to the hospital with minor injuries,” police spokeswoman Markéta Janovská told the News.

Crashed bus in the Chrudim region

Photo: Police of the Czech Republic

The police are investigating a serious accident in the Kladno region, where two passenger cars collided head-on near the village of Velká Dobrá. “We had to free one person from the car and then hand him over to the rescuers. The road is impassable at the scene of the collision, “firefighters informed on Twitter.

The consequences of the accident at Velká Dobrá in the Kladno region

Photo: News

Another accident happened near Chýň in Prague-west, where a truck and a car collided. The collision went unnoticed, but the truck wedged itself into the so-called number one.

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Truck accident near Chýň

Video: Pavel Jaňurek, News

The Czech Republic is warned against the formation of snow tongues, snowfall and strong winds.

Strong winds blow in most areas with the exception of Zlín, Liberec and parts of Ústí nad Labem, Hradec Králové and South Moravian region.

The weather makes it difficult to transport in the Vysočina region, where it not only snows but also blows strong winds. In some hills, trucks cannot drive and block traffic. According to the police, the worst situation is on the I / 38 road from Jihlava via Havlíčkův Brod to Golčův Jeníkov. Since the morning, the police have received reports of 15 traffic accidents, in one of which a pedestrian in Třebíč was slightly injured.

Road workers also closed the I / 10 road from Tanvald to Harrachov and further to Poland for freight transport over 3.5 tonnes over 11:00. The restriction should last until midnight. However, this road and all the others in the Liberec region are passable so far, increased caution is necessary.

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