On Olkhon Island, a tourist bus on a sightseeing trip overturned. The driver lost control on an incline and the bus tipped over. There were 23 people aboard, 17 sought medical help, no one died. By order of the Irkutsk governor, a disaster medicine plane flew to the site and took 12 injured to the regional center, where extra doctors were assigned.
On Saturday morning on Olkhon Island, near the settlement of Khaday, a bus carrying tourists overturned. The bus was traveling from the Olkhonskiye Vorota ferry crossing for a group of tourists to visit the island’s sights. The driver of the PAZ bus lost control on an incline and tipped over onto its side. At the time of the accident, there were 23 people on the bus.The Operational Group of the Olkhon garrison went to the scene. No one was killed, and 17 people sought medical assistance. By order of the Governor of the Irkutsk Region, Sergey Eroshchenko, a disaster medicine aircraft flew to the scene and transported 12 of the injured to the regional center; they were admitted to medical facilities in the city. As Valentina Voblikova reported, reinforced teams of doctors have been deployed in the hospitals.
Based on materials from the press service of the Governor of the Irkutsk Region and the Government of the Irkutsk Region