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Polish PM Szydlo in car accident; being checked by doctors

Associated Press
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    Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, right, speaks with his Polish counterpart Beata Szydlo after arrival at the Polish prime minister's chancellery in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz) (The Associated Press)

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    In this Tuesday Feb. 7, 2017 photo, Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo arrives at a press conference. Szydlo was in a car wreck on Friday that involved a young driver in a Fiat 500 hitting her car from the side and was being checked out in a hospital, officials and news reports said, adding she was not badly hurt. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz ) (The Associated Press)

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    Police and fire brigade officers inspect Polish Prime Minister's Beata Szydlo's car after an accident in Oswiecim, Poland, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. Szydlo suffered minor injuries Friday after a small Fiat hit her car, officials and Polish news reports said. Her spokesman said she was being examined in a hospital but wasn't badly hurt. (AP Photo) (The Associated Press)

WARSAW, Poland – Polish media are reporting that Prime Minister Beata Szydlo has been in a collision involving more than one car and has suffered bruises.

Radio TOK FM said the accident occurred Friday in the southern town of Oswiecim, which is Szydlo's hometown. The report said Szydlo was traveling in a convoy of several cars on the town's main road when another car coming from a side street drove into the convoy.

The government spokesman, Rafal Bochenek, told the news agency PAP that Szydlo was being checked out in a hospital but she did not appear to be badly hurt.

Polish media reported that others involved in the accident had suffered minor injuries.

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