Foreign Minister transferred to hospital in Brno

Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda, who suffered a neck injury in a car accident late Thursday evening in Vyskov, south Moravia, has been transferred from the hospital in Vyskov to a hospital in Brno. The foreign minister will spend several days there undergoing monitoring and treatment. Meanwhile, police have ruled out alcohol as a factor in the accident, which took place when the driver lost control of the minister's vehicle in a difficult turn. All three the car were injured, but none of the injuries - including the foreign minister's - were life-threatening.