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Latvian PM in accident RIGA- Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis was in a car accident June 19 around 3 pm, when his car crashed into a Riga mini-bus on Brivibas Street. Both the driver of the bus and Godmanis were taken to Riga’s first hospital. Godmanis was originally diagnosed with a head injury and a possible concussion from the accident. However, later reports stated that he was diagnosed with the fissure of temporal bone and concussion of the brain, according to Boriss Kools, the neurosurgeon of the Riga 1st Hospital.The director of the hospital Andrejs Pavars in his turn said that the prime minister has passed the night calmly and feels well. "He said that he slept well. But he is not kind of a person to whine and complain," Pavars said. He said that these traumas are dangerous and the danger level is determined by the presence of hemorrhages. CT will be repeatedly performed on Thursday to control the situation. "There is no worsening, that is the good news," he said, adding that most probably Godmanis will have to spend the Midsummer celebrations in bed. The prime minister was on his way to a meeting with President Zatlers, with lights an sirens blazing on his car which the mini-bus driver claims he did not hear.Four people were in Godmanis' car - Godmanis, the head of
Godmanis' bureau, the driver and a bodyguard.
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