Russian chief justice to be flown home after Ghana car crash

The chief justice of Russia's supreme court remained in stable condition today after a car accident in Ghana and would soon be flown home, officials said.
"He's fine. He's stable," an official at the 37 Military Hospital in the west African country's capital Accra told AFP on condition of anonymity.
The Russian supreme court's spokesman told Interfax news agency that Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lebedev "will be transferred to Moscow as early as today" if a flight can be arranged.
The spokesman, Pavel Odintsov, said he spoke with Lebedev by phone and he "told me he was doing well."
A Russian embassy official in Accra declined to provide further details on Lebedev's condition.

Ghana's government said in a statement yesterday that he was being treated in the intensive care unit at the military hospital following Monday's accident near Tsito in the country's southeast.

The government statement also described him as being in stable condition.
Local media reported that Lebedev appeared to be in pain but there were no apparent signs of external injuries when he was being treated at a regional hospital before being airlifted to Accra by the military.
Officials said that Lebedev was on his way to Accra after an address at the Ghana Bar Association in the city of Ho when the accident occurred.

"Initial investigations show that the accident occurred when a tipper truck suddenly veered into the lane in which his convoy was travelling," the government's statement said.
Lebedev was in Ghana on a four-day visit at the invitation of the country's chief justice and had arrived on Saturday.