Car with three women plunges into mine pit near Majdanpek
A car carrying three women to work broke through a guardrail on the edge of Majdanpek and fell some 20 metres down a terrace of an open pit mine. All three were taken to hospital.
- The crash happened on Monday, July 27, 2026, at around 5.30 a.m. on the edge of Majdanpek, on the road towards Belgrade.
- The driver was T. P., 32, from Majdanpek, travelling to work with two female colleagues.
- The car broke through a guardrail and fell about 20 metres down a terrace of an open pit mine, stopping at the edge of a haul road used by heavy dump trucks.
- All three women were taken to the general hospital in Majdanpek; the severity of their injuries has not been officially announced.
Three women were injured in a road accident on Monday, July 27, at around 5.30 a.m. on the edge of Majdanpek, on the road towards Belgrade. The car they were travelling to work in left the carriageway, broke through a guardrail and fell some 20 metres down a terrace of an open pit mine. Footage of the crash surfaced on social media on Tuesday, July 28, on the Instagram account 192_rs.
The driver was T. P., 32, from Majdanpek. Two colleagues were in the car with her. According to available information, all three were on their way to the morning shift at the Termal Inzinjering plant. It is a stretch of road that workers use every day in the early hours.
After sliding down the slope, the car came to rest at the edge of the haul road used by heavy dump trucks operated by the Zi Jin company. Had the vehicle not stopped there, the outcome could have been far worse. All three women were taken to the general hospital in Majdanpek, where they received medical treatment. No official statement on the severity of their injuries has been released.
How the car ended up beside the haul road
The footage posted online shows the pit from a distance, with the steep terraces and the point where the car stopped clearly visible. It also shows how narrow the margin was between the landing spot and the road used to move ore out of the mine.
An eyewitness told local media that the car probably failed to follow the bend. According to him, it first struck the right hand side of the road and was then thrown across to the opposite side, where it went through the guardrail. “Only God saved them,” he said.
Accounts of that kind remain witness testimony rather than established fact. The cause of the crash is still being determined. An official finding on speed, the condition of the vehicle and the state of the road surface can only follow the on site inspection and expert examination.
Why does the online footage matter for the investigation?
Amateur and surveillance recordings increasingly serve as a starting point when the circumstances of a road accident are being established. They can help reconstruct the path of a vehicle, but on their own they do not replace an on site inspection. It is the traffic expert’s report and the technical examination of the car that produce a legally usable conclusion.
In this case the video showed the scale of the fall better than any description. The car covered a drop of roughly 20 metres across rough ground and stopped a few seconds’ drive away from the route used by heavy machinery.
The safety of the stretch itself is also an open question. The road running along the open pit is used every morning, and the guardrail gave way at that point under the impact of the vehicle. Whether this was an isolated case or a location that needs additional protection will be shown by the assessment of the responsible services.
Until police and prosecutors issue an official statement, the only reliable fact is that three women survived the fall and were treated in hospital.
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