Presidential candidate Olszewski survives crash that kills close colleague

Former Prime Minister and presidential candidate Jan Olszewski narrowly escaped death after the car he was travelling in from Sosnowiec slammed into a truck killing his driver Waldemar Grudzinski. Grudzinski was also the treasurer of the Movement for the Restoration of Poland (ROP), the party that Olszewski leads in Parliament. Doctors say Olszewski's condition is not life-threatening, but have decided he should remain for observation in the Interior Ministry hospital until next week at the latest. Preliminary investigations at the scene of the accident point to the truck driver being at fault. (Zycie, page 4)