The bus driver was charged after an accident on Grójecka Street

The accident occurred on July 5 around 6 p.m. Bus number 186, belonging to Miejskie Zakłady Autobusowe, first collided with a tram, then drove along Grójecka Street towards Rondo Zesłańców Siberistyczny, damaging seven cars along the way. Ultimately, it entered the underpass, pushing one of the cars into it.

Six people were injured as a result of the incident. Two of them, including one minor, were taken to hospital. The bus driver was a 58-year-old Pole. According to the police, the man was sober. A drug test also came back negative.

The case was handled by the Warsaw-Ochota District Prosecutor's Office. Investigators carried out a number of activities, including obtaining opinions on the technical condition of the bus and reconstructing the accident.

Toxicological tests were also carried out and monitoring recordings were analyzed, including recordings from cameras in the bus.

The analysis of the evidence collected so far allowed for the preparation of a decision to present charges against the bus driver - said prosecutor Piotr Antoni Skiba, spokesman for the District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw.

On Friday, Czesław Ś. he was charged with, among others, bringing the risk of a disaster in land traffic and causing an accident. According to the prosecutor's office, 15 victims have been identified so far during the proceedings.

The suspect did not plead guilty to the crimes he was accused of. He also refused to provide explanations. The prosecutor placed him under police supervision and banned him from leaving the country, combined with confiscating his passport.

The prosecutor's office indicates that it is still necessary to conduct a one-time forensic-psychiatric examination of the suspect and obtain a supplementary toxicological opinion. Only after completing these activities will investigators be able to make further decisions in the case.