22 people were injured in the accident. — © Brussels Fire Department
One of the tourists who was seriously injured in an accident with a bus in Brussels on Sunday remains in a critical condition in hospital. A second victim is also still in hospital, but his life is no longer in danger.
The accident happened on Sunday afternoon on the Steenweg in Vilvoorde. The first elements of the investigation showed that the bus carrying 33 foreign tourists suffered from technical problems, after which the driver crashed into a tree. A total of 22 people were injured, three of them in serious condition.
Not under the influence
“The exact cause is not yet known,” says Yasmina Vanoverschelde of the Brussels public prosecutor’s office. “An expert was appointed to find out. The driver was tested after the accident and was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs.”
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One of the people who was seriously injured in the accident has already been released from the hospital, as have all the slightly injured victims. “There is still one person in life-threatening condition in the intensive care unit,” the public prosecutor’s office said. “The second seriously injured victim is no longer in danger of life, but is still in hospital.”
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