On 1 October 2026 Prague police announced that no crime was committed in the traffic accident of MP Filip Turek (for the Motorists) and the driver of an ambulance vehicle, which took place on 13 July 2026 in central Prague. The case was referred to the Prague 2 city district for handling as a possible misdemeanor against road safety and traffic flow, on the part of both participants in the accident.[1][2]*
The accident and investigation
Turek's car collided with the hospital vehicle on 13 July 2026 at the intersection by náměstí I. P. Pavlova, specifically in the streets Ječná and Sokolská. According to footage from the scene, shortly before the collision the MP was overtaking a queue via a turning lane, while the hospital vehicle was using its audible warning signal as it passed through the intersection. Turek's car entered the intersection as the only one and struck the rear part of the ambulance vehicle, which was thrown into the air and, in uncontrolled flight, missed by a distance of several meters a group of pedestrians waiting at a crossing before it ended up on its roof.[2][4]
Turek was unharmed in the accident; the driver of the hospital vehicle suffered multiple injuries and rescuers took him to a trauma center.[2] The police investigated the case on suspicion of negligent bodily harm.[4] On the basis of the investigation and the conclusions of an expert examination in the field of healthcare, no fulfillment of the elements of a crime was found; the police procedure was supervised by a public prosecutor, who raised no objections.[3]
Reaction of politicians
After the accident Turek announced that he would wait for the conclusions of the investigation and placed his post as government commissioner for climate policy and the Green Deal, which he had held since January 2026, at disposal.[1][4] Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) stated at the time that Turek would not attend government meetings until guilt was clarified and that he should leave the post if his fault were shown.[1] After the police announcement, Babiš said that the culprit of the accident would be determined only in administrative proceedings and that Turek's earlier statement about not performing the post until then still stood.[1]
After the results were published, Turek declared that he was ready to continue working for the Czech Republic in line with the mandate obtained in the elections and the program of the Motorists.[1][2] On social media he wrote that he expected neither an apology nor regret, because he had gone into politics as a "voice of change".[1][2] He criticized opposition politicians, green activists and most of the media for, in his view, passing judgments in advance on the day of the accident.[1][4] He also recalled the statement of President Petr Pavel, who after the accident said that he need not have any remorse over having refused to appoint Turek minister of the environment; Turek responded that the president is accustomed to "personnel assessments and people's courts".[1]
The chairman of the Motorists, Petr Macinka, stated that Turek had been convicted in the media straight after the accident, and expressed doubt that anyone would apologize to him.[1][3]
Sources
- ČTK / České noviny — 1 October 2026
- Echo24 — 1 October 2026
- FORUM 24 — 1 October 2026
- Deník.cz — 1 October 2026