A criminal case has been initiated regarding the road accident in the Sennensky district

October 5, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. A criminal case has been initiated against the driver of an Audi in connection with a road accident in the Sennensky district, the head of the Sennensky district department of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus, Andrey Kozlov, told a BELTA correspondent. A criminal case has been initiated under Part 2 of Article 317 of the Criminal Code of Belarus for violation of traffic rules, which resulted in the negligent infliction of grievous bodily harm. Investigative actions are currently underway. About 16 forensic medical, auto-technical, and trace evidence examinations, as well as an investigative experiment, have been appointed, the conduct of which will determine the degree of guilt of the 22-year-old man driving the Audi-A8. The accident occurred on October 3 in the morning at about 7:30 a.m. on the 4th kilometer of the Senno-Beshenkovichi-Ushachi highway near the village of Korolevichi. The driver of the Audi-A8, while overtaking, hit the front left wheel of a GAZ-53 Volgar bus that was transporting people to their workplace. As a result of the collision, the bus went into a ditch and overturned. Among the injured were 12 people who were taken to the Sennensky Central District Hospital, including three in serious condition. Currently, four of them have already been discharged for outpatient treatment, and 8 remain under treatment, said Elena Vysotskaya, deputy chief physician for medical affairs at the Sennensky Central District Hospital. A patient born in 1965, who underwent skull surgery, remains in intensive care. His condition is assessed as stably serious with improvement. On October 6, the man is planned to be taken for examination by neurosurgeons at the Vitebsk Regional Clinical Hospital. Two more people who were in serious condition were transferred to the ward today. Their condition and that of another patient are of moderate severity, and the rest are satisfactory. -0-