Nažidla bus accident

On 8 March 2003, a Neoplan Skyliner double-decker tour bus carrying 53 people veered off the I/3 road near the hamlet of Nažidla in Bujanov, Czech Republic, and overturned, rolling seven meters down a slope and killing 19. A twentieth victim died of his injuries two and a half years later. 26 more people were severely injured. The passengers were members and family of the TJ Slovan Karlovy Vary swimming club returning from a skiing trip in the Alps; half of the victims were under 20 years old. In 2018, it was considered the worst transport accident in the Czech Republic since the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993.

Consequences

The bus' driver, Pavel Krbec, who survived the crash, was sentenced to eight years in prison for endangerment, but was released after five. Krbec was a taxi driver who had a bus license, but had not gone through the required training to drive professionally and had faked his credentials.