The Evacuation Bus Had to Wait
When an evacuation bus crosses into Latvia, someone has to take responsibility for everyone on it. A joint drill tested how that handover works.
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Latvia and Lithuania completed their first practical cross-border civilian evacuation drills on November 10, when a bus carrying 45 volunteers from Šiauliai headed to Ķekava, south of Riga. Before the bus left, its wheelchair lift jammed, delaying departure by 20 minutes, Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT reported.
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