Reached for a bottle of water and caused an accident

In Omsk, a bus driving along Melnichnaya Street demolished the driver of a Volkswagen car and a traffic police inspector who was talking to him. "As a result of the incident, the driver of the car and the traffic police officer were injured. The police officer was hospitalized with a head injury, leg and arm bruises. The driver of the car was examined by doctors and released. The bus driver explained that he was distracted from driving, reaching for a bottle of water. He was intoxicated has not been established," the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.