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		</div><p>A bus driver has been arrested after his vehicle crashed into three 15-year-old Austrian swimmers at the European Games in Azerbaijan, leaving one seriously injured.</p>
<p>Veli Ahmadov is accused of a breach of road rules over the incident in the capital, Baku, and a criminal case has been opened against him, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry and prosecutors said in a joint statement.</p>
<p>The statement said Ahmadov was the driver of a bus which struck three members of Austria’s synchronised swimming team in the athletes’ village on Thursday morning.</p>
<p>One of the athletes, Vanessa Sahinovic, suffered severe spinal injuries after being hit by the vehicle, which veered on to the pavement.</p>
<p>Her teammate, Luna Pajer, had a broken elbow, while the third girl, Verena Breit, escaped with bruises. Sahinovic and Pajer were flown home to Austria for treatment.</p>
<p>Azerbaijani authorities also said that the company which employed Ahmadov &#8211; Bakubus – could face legal action for possibly breaching rules on employing qualified drivers.</p>
<p>Earlier today, European Games organisers said they would look into allegations that some village staff had been drunk on duty.</p>
<p>Reports in Azerbaijani media suggested alcohol may have been a factor in the bus crash and that some staff at the village had been drinking on site.</p>
<p>The organising committee’s chief operating officer Simon Clegg said claims of drunkenness were “a very serious suggestion” and would be “investigated immediately”.</p>
<p>However, there was no evidence to link the claims to the bus incident, he added.</p>
<p>“There is absolutely nothing to suggest at this moment in time that alcohol played any part in the tragic incident,” he said.</p>
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