Minibus overturns after crash on Riga’s Krasta Street, one person injured

Two vehicles collided on Krasta Street (Krasta iela), a main road along the Daugava in Riga, on the morning of Wednesday, 11 November, and one of them, a minibus, overturned onto its side. Latvia’s State Police received the call at 08:29. One person was injured and handed over to medics, the news site Delfi reported, citing the police.

The video, posted on TikTok by the user @user5367027634394, shows a white minibus lying on its side near the ATTA Centre shopping centre, with firefighters, several police vehicles and another car with a smashed front end nearby. It was filmed at about 09:11. According to readers, the minibus’s wheels and axle were torn off and landed on the grass beside the road.

Traffic towards the centre

The minibus partly blocked the carriageway heading into the city centre, and queues built up on Krasta Street. Police at the scene were investigating the circumstances of the crash and directing traffic.

The cause of the crash and the condition of the injured person are not yet known.