Italian Police Arrest Driver Of Crashed Tourist Bus - Prosecutor's Office

Italian Police Arrest Driver of Crashed Tourist Bus - Prosecutor's Office

The driver of a tourist bus that overturned in the Italian region of Tuscany, killing one passenger and injuring 37 others, has been arrested, the Prosecutor's Office in the city of Siena told Sputnik on Thursday

ROME (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd May, 2019) The driver of a tourist bus that overturned in the Italian region of Tuscany, killing one passenger and injuring 37 others, has been arrested, the Prosecutor's Office in the city of Siena told Sputnik on Thursday.

The investigators consider distracted driving to be the main possible cause of the accident, followed by bad weather. The 35-year-old driver's drug test came back negative.

The driver is accused of causing death as the result of a road accident, according to prosecutors.

The bus, which overturned on Wednesday, was carrying 55 passengers, Siena's prefecture told Sputnik.

Citizens of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine were among those injured in the crash, according to Russian diplomats.