MINSK, 14 September (BelTA) - The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in touch with the local authorities checking whether any Belarusian nationals are among the injured as a result of a road accident in Barcelona, Spokesman for the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Mironchik told BelTA.
“We are checking this information through the Belarusian embassy in Paris and the Honorary Consulate in Barcelona,” said Dmitry Mironchik.
According to media reports, the Eros Bus Travel bus flipped over in Barcelona during heavy showers while traveling from El Prat Airport. 24 people, including a bus driver, were injured in the accident. The majority of the passengers were German citizens. According to the Spanish mass media, there were also representatives of Belarus, Lithuania, Poland and the UK among the tourists on the bus.