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Nažidla bus accident
On 8 March 2003, a Neoplan Skyliner double-decker tour bus carrying 53 people veered off the I/3 road (part of European route E55) near the hamlet of Nažidla in Bujanov, Czech Republic, and overturned, rolling seven meters down a slope and killing 19.[1][2] A twentieth victim died of his injuries two and a half years later.[3] 26 more people were severely injured.[2] The passengers were members and family of the TJ Slovan Karlovy Vary swimming club returning from a skiing trip in the Alps; half of the victims were under 20 years old.[2][3] In 2018, it was considered the worst transport accident in the Czech Republic since the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993.[3] ConsequencesThe bus' driver, Pavel Krbec, who survived the crash, was sentenced to eight years in prison for endangerment, but was released after five.[2] Krbec was a taxi driver who had a bus license, but had not gone through the required training to drive professionally and had faked his credentials.[3] References
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