If you're involved in a car accident in which there are injured persons, can you leave the scene of the accident once the ambulance service has been called?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
In the photo, you can see the scene of an accident in a city street: a police car, two ambulances, paramedics in overalls and a damaged light-coloured car. Since people have been injured in the accident, a person involved in it must stay at the scene - calling the emergency services does not release them from this obligation, it only allows them to leave for a moment when this is necessary to call for help. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver involved in an accident in which someone has been killed or injured to give the necessary help to the victims, to call the emergency medical team and the Police, and to stay at the scene of the accident, and if calling for help requires leaving - to return immediately. The Police must establish how the accident happened, question the people involved and check their sobriety; leaving before the Police arrive may be treated as fleeing the scene of an accident and increases criminal liability.
Legal basis: Art. 44 para. 2 point 1 and 3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)