Passenger bus overturns in Barcelona, Belarusian tourists injured


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A tourist bus has had an accident in Spain, El Mundo reports with reference to Catalonian authorities. Several citizens of Belarus are among the casualties.

For yet unknown reasons, the bus overturned during the drive to Barcelona Airport. It is reported that this might have happened due to poor weather conditions it was raining.

24 persons got harmed in the accident, three of them are severely injured.

The police reported that citizens of Spain, Germany, Ireland, Great Britain, Lithuania, Poland and Belarus were going by this bus.

“We are checking the information with the help of the Belarusian Embassy in Paris and the honorary consulate in Barselona,” Dzmitry Mironchyk, Spokesman for the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, said.

(UPD) Three Belarusians were injured in the accident. According to the Foreign Ministry, they were taken to hospital, but then they left, explaining that they intended to continue their trip.

belsat.eu, following Tut.by, photo Aitor Alvarez / SER Catalunya

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