Crash Near Sevojno Injures Children, Probe Underway

On the highway between Uzice and Sevojno, on the road toward Zlatibor, a passenger car and a pickup truck coming from the opposite direction collided in the afternoon of August 2, 2026. The car carried a woman and three children. Several people were injured, among them the children, and the circumstances of the crash near Sevojno are now being determined by traffic police.

The first reports from the scene came in shortly after 3 p.m. Ambulances were dispatched from Uzice, and police secured the stretch of road and redirected traffic while the on site investigation was underway.

Did the driver fall asleep at the wheel?

According to unofficial information from the scene, the driver of the passenger car most likely fell asleep at the wheel, lost control of the vehicle and crossed into the opposite lane, where he hit the pickup.

That is for now a working theory, not an established fact. In cases like this, the cause is determined through an on site investigation, an analysis of braking marks and the vehicles’ positions, and, if needed, a traffic engineering assessment. Only after that does the prosecution decide whether there are elements of a criminal offense or whether it amounts to a misdemeanor. Fatigue at the wheel is in practice not proven by a statement but by indirect traces on the road surface, since a vehicle that drifted off without braking leaves a different mark than one that swerved sharply to avoid an obstacle.

For now, then, no one has been named as responsible, and there is also no official word yet on the severity of the injuries.

What is known about the injured

Several people involved in the crash were injured, among them the children from the passenger car. As of this writing, no authority had released information on their condition or on which facility they were taken to. The children’s ages and identities are not being disclosed.

What is known is that first aid was given by people who happened to be in the line of traffic that formed. Among the drivers who stopped were also doctors.

The first to reach the scene were other road users and passersby, among them doctors who happened to be nearby and immediately began helping the injured until the ambulance crews arrived

witnesses said. One of them also described what the scene looked like right after the crash: “It looked very unsettling, but from what we could see, luckily there don’t seem to be any serious injuries.” That assessment is also not official, since the severity of injuries is for a doctor to determine, not an observer on the road.

A stretch of road under seasonal pressure

The route running from Uzice to Sevojno and on toward Zlatibor carries more traffic in August than during the rest of the year, since it is the road travelers take to reach the mountain. On a highway with oncoming traffic, a vehicle drifting out of its lane does not end up running off the road, it ends up hitting a vehicle coming from the other direction.

The consequences were visible on the stretch itself. Traffic moved slowly during the on site investigation, with vehicles passing in a single lane alongside the damaged cars.

This is the second serious crash we have reported on in a short span of time. Recently, near Indjija, on a detour road, a 36 year old driver was killed. The difference between the two cases is in the outcome, not in how they happened.

What happens next

After the on site investigation, the case file goes to the competent prosecution office in Uzice, which decides on further proceedings. If it is established that the driver failed to adjust his driving to his condition, the legal classification will depend on the severity of the injuries, and medical documentation in such cases is obtained afterward.

An official statement on the cause of the crash and on the injured’s health condition is expected once police complete their work at the scene.