Turek offers to step aside until police conclude investigation of car crash

Filip Turek, an MP for the Motorists party, said on Tuesday he was placing his role as the government's commissioner for climate policy and the Green Deal at the government's disposal until police determine responsibility for Monday's serious traffic accident in central Prague.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš called on Turek to resign after new footage showed him overtaking a line of vehicles in a lane from which he was not allowed to continue straight. His car then collided at an intersection with a Prague hospital vehicle transporting biological material under emergency conditions, with its lights and siren activated. The vehicle flipped over several times narrowly missing pedestrians. The driver of the hospital vehicle suffered an injury to his arm.

Filip Turek was previously investigated for speeding, after posting a photo on social networks showing his car’s speedometer at over 200 km/h on a Czech motorway.