The driver of a Fiat Seicento who caused a collision with the car of Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo on Friday night has been questioned and charged with causing bodily harm in a car accident, Polish Press Agency reported Saturday.

The 21-year-old driver was questioned Friday and has been charged with causing bodily harm in a car accident, an offence that carries a penalty of up to three years' imprisonment, the report quoted Malopolskie province police spokesperson Sebastian Glen as saying.

The driver pleaded guilty, according to Glen, who added that the prime minister's driver had also been questioned and had said that the government motorcade was travelling with warning lights and sirens on.

Government spokesperson Rafal Bochenek said on Friday that the prime minister was undergoing a routine medical checkup after a minor collision in the south Polish city of Oswiecim late that day and had not suffered any serious harm.

Source: Xinhua