Woman driver dies in Żurada crash between bus and van in Małopolska

A fatal collision in Żurada

On Saturday, 24 October, at about 12:40, a passenger bus collided with a van in the village of Żurada in Olkusz County, Lesser Poland. Four people were travelling in the bus, while the van was driven by a 60-year-old woman. Ambulance crews and firefighters attended the scene, and resuscitation was carried out on the woman, but she did not survive. The other people hurt in the crash were placed under the care of ambulance teams. Hubert Ciepły, spokesman for the provincial fire service headquarters in Lesser Poland, described the effort to save her:

“Despite the cardiopulmonary resuscitation being carried out, unfortunately her life could not be saved.”

Response on the road

More than 20 firefighters were working at the scene together with all other cooperating services. Provincial road 791 is completely blocked in Żurada, and drivers were told to follow the instructions of the crews on site. Police will determine the causes and circumstances of the crash. The fire service said the bus passengers and other injured people were handed over to medical teams without giving a total count of the injured.

Friday night bus collision near Kraków

Shortly before 23:00 on Friday, 23 October, an MPK bus on line 200 collided head-on with a passenger car on national road 94 in Jerzmanowice, near Kraków. The bus was carrying 15 passengers, and the car had one occupant. Seven people were injured: three were treated at the scene and four were taken to hospital. The bus driver was not hurt. According to MPK, Kraków's municipal transport operator, the injured were not in danger of losing their lives, and its preliminary findings place the fault with the car driver. Piotr Opryszek, duty officer of the state fire service, reported the hospital transfers.