3 Austrian Synchronized Swimmers Struck by a Shuttle Bus in Azerbaijan

**kellyhound** · #1 ● 06-16-2015, 05:40 AM

The swimmers are on-site within the athlete’s village in Baku competing in the inaugural 2015 European Games, whose Opening Ceremonies kicked off June 12th.

Of the three synchronized swimmers involved in the accident, Vanessa Sahinovic, Luna Pajer and Verena Breit, Sahinovic was initially reported to have sustained the most severe injuries and was flown back to Austria (along with Pajer) to continue intensive care treatment.

The latest news coming out of Austria at this time, is that Sahinovic is now being described as being in “stable condition”, being kept in a medically-induced coma following surgery.

A hospital spokesman told that although Sahinovic’s injuries were not life-threatening, the 15-year-old “suffered many fractures and more surgery will be necessary.

The spine has been severely damaged. “Our team doctor here in Baku is in constant contact with the team back in Vienna and we expect to be in a position to provide more information about the extent of the injuries to the respective athletes in due course.”

The Azerbaijani authorities are looking into the incident and launched a full investigation into finding out exactly what happened at 8:30am on Thursday, June 11th, the time of the accident.
The footage of the accident was filmed by someone who happened to be near the scene.

AceGoober · #2 ● 06-16-2015, 12:56 PM

WTF? Why didn't the shuttle driver stop

bando21 · #3 ● 06-16-2015, 02:30 PM

"accident" mmmmmmm

dirty ike · #4 ● 06-16-2015, 03:09 PM

Looked pretty damned deliberate to me.

Berserk · #5 ● 06-17-2015, 03:01 AM

Shit, i almost took a trip trough this country a few weeks ago..
Seems those bus drivers are dangerous fuckrs

They should have some speakers at the airoport shouting: Mind your six ... Mind your six ... Mind your six ...
(*Six =/= Back)

Desensitisation · #6 ● 06-17-2015, 10:51 AM

What the fuck? That doesn't look "accidental". Or if it was, it was because the driver was "accidentally" looking at some shit on his phone or something.

schleifspur · #7 ● 06-17-2015, 04:58 PM

The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence in 1918 and became the first Muslim-majority democratic and secular republic....

At the end of the 20th century, about 74% of Austria's population were registered as Roman Catholic

So the driver screamed ALLAHU AKBAR while driving over this kids???

3 Austrian Synchronized Swimmers Struck by a Shuttle Bus in Azerbaijan

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