Czech President Petr Pavel has been taken to hospital after injuring himself whereas driving a motorbike, his workplace has stated.
It stated the accidents “should not severe”, however a “brief commentary” was required. It gave no additional particulars.
Czech police stated they weren’t investigating the accident as a result of it occurred on a closed racing circuit – not on the highway.
Mr Pavel, aged 62, is thought for his love of motorbikes. He’s believed to be presently racing a BMW R1200 GS.
It’s not the primary time he has attracted bother over his interest.
Final yr, he needed to publicly apologise after being noticed driving a motorbike and not using a helmet.
A former high-ranking Nato common, Mr Pavel was elected because the Czech Republic’s president in March 2023.
A number of weeks after his inauguration, he rode a motorcycle to the state of Bavaria in neighbouring Germany.
“The solar, the wind at your again and the strengthening of neighbourly relations together with your Bavarian buddies. Why not mix the nice with the helpful,” Mr Pavel wrote in a publish on X.
Thursday’s accident is the newest extra-curricular harm the Czech chief has suffered. In April, he suffered an harm whereas firing a weapon at a taking pictures vary.
The previous common suffered a minor laceration close to his eyebrows whereas taking pictures with a rifle geared up with an optic, his workplace stated on the time.
