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Formal investigation launched over Walesa crash

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John Beauchamp 05.09.2011 14:20
District prosecutors in the city of Plock, central Poland, have launched a formal investigation into the crash that hospitalised President Lech Walesa’s son on Friday.

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Jaroslaw Walesa being airlifted after the crash, Friday. Photo: PAP/Marcin Bednarski

At present there appears to be a considerable lack of clarity regarding blame for the crash.

MEP Jaroslaw Walesa, who is due to turn 35 next week, collided with a Toyota while driving his motorbike from Gdansk to Warsaw.

He was rushed to hospital in Plock, then air-lifted to the Military Medical Institute in Warsaw. Emergency surgery lasting over five hours was performed on his spine.

“The Toyota driver was questioned, but his initial testimony did not yield any information about the incident,” said Iwona Smigielska-Kowalska, spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office, in an interview with Polish Radio.

She revealed that owing to a lack of witnesses, an expert will be appointed to study the evidence and hence clarify the course of the accident.

Walesa himself, still in intensive care, remains unfit to provide a testimony, although doctors at the Military Medical Institute have declared that his condition is improving.

The MEP lost six litres of blood in the accident. Besides a broken pelvis, Walesa’s legs and arms were broken in several places.

According to initial reports, the Toyota was parked by the side of the road, and when it pulled out into the highway, the vehicle collided with Walesa’s motorcycle. (nh/jb)

Source: IAR/TVP

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