Polish Member of Parliament for the Left Party Lukasz Litewka died on Thursday at the age of 36 after a collision with a car while riding a bicycle. This is reported by the Warsaw correspondent TASR, according to the PAP agency.
The Speaker of the Sejm and the Left Party Wlodzimierz Czarzasty announced that the deputy lost his life in a tragic event and expressed his condolences to the family. “MP. Friend. Honor to his memory,” he wrote on the X social network, adding that his thoughts are with the loved ones of the deceased. The Left Party said in a statement that the country had lost a politician who was dedicated to defending the rights of the weakest. “Today, Poland has lost a man with a big, open heart and a politician dedicated to the fight for the rights of the weakest,” she stated.
“He was a committed self-governing representative and Member of Parliament, committed to local community affairs and social work,” wrote President Karol Nawrocki in response to his death. The police in the Silesian town of Dabrowa Gornicza informed that k the accident occurred on Thursday after 1:00 p.m., when a cyclist died in a collision with a car. The circumstances of the case are being investigated under the supervision of the prosecutor.