Road accident leaves one dead, twenty-one injured

A serious road accident involving a passenger car and a minibus near the town of Damice in western Bohemia, is reported to have killed a woman and injured 21 people, among them five children. Eyewitnesses say the driver of the passenger car failed to give the minibus right of way and in an effort to avoid a collision its driver swerved sharply, turning over into a ditch. Some of the injured are reported to be in serious condition. Police are investigating the cause of the accident.