Gendarmerie Vehicle Goes Off Road Near Knic, Three Injured

A Gendarmerie vehicle went off the road and overturned in the village of Ljubic near Knic, in a crash that happened on Sunday evening, July 19, around 6 p.m. Three Gendarmerie officers were in the vehicle. All three were injured and rushed for further medical care.

According to information from the Kragujevac Police Administration, the vehicle left the roadway on a stretch within the village, and ambulance and police crews reached the scene soon after the call came in. Officially, details of the circumstances are still being gathered.

What is known about the crash near Knic

The vehicle belonged to the Gendarmerie, an Interior Ministry unit used for field interventions and security operations. According to early information, no other vehicle was involved, meaning investigators are examining a single-vehicle departure from the road.

Testing carried out by the Kragujevac Police Administration showed that the driver was not under the influence of alcohol. That finding matters because it rules out one of the most common causes of serious traffic accidents and points the inquiry toward other possible factors, from road conditions and weather to the vehicle’s technical state.

The Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Kragujevac was notified of the incident. That is standard procedure when officers on duty are injured, because prosecutors oversee the gathering of evidence and decide how the case proceeds. No official statement on any criminal liability had been issued by the time this article was published, and no one has been found at fault.

The condition of the injured officers was monitored by doctors after admission, according to available information. More detailed data on the severity of the injuries has not been officially released.

What will the inquiry into the cause show?

The cause of the crash is still being determined, and here patience is the key word. In cases like this, police and prosecutors conduct an on-site investigation, take statements and, where needed, order an examination of the vehicle and a traffic-technical analysis of the road section. Only when those findings come together can anyone say why the vehicle ended up off the road.

Rural sections like the one near Knic often have narrower lanes, sharper curves and poorer visibility at dusk, which is when the crash occurred. Those are circumstances that an analysis always takes into account, but on their own they do not establish anyone’s responsibility until the review is complete.

For now, what stands confirmed is that three Gendarmerie officers were injured, that the driver was not under the influence of alcohol, and that the competent prosecutor’s office has been notified. Everything else is the subject of an ongoing procedure.

In your view, how should the safety of official vehicles on secondary roads be improved to prevent crashes like this one?