Trosarina Crash: 14-Year-Old Boy Seriously Injured
The crash on Trosarina in Belgrade happened on August 14 around 3:30 p.m. A car hit a 14-year-old boy, who was taken to Tirsova with severe polytrauma. Police are investigating the circumstances.
A 14-year-old boy was seriously injured in Belgrade, at the roundabout on Trosarina. The crash happened on August 14 around 3:30 p.m., when a car hit the boy. Doctors found he had suffered severe polytrauma.
He received first aid at the scene. From there, an ambulance took him to the University Children’s Hospital in Tirsova, where a detailed diagnostic workup followed to determine the exact extent of his injuries.
What Polytrauma Means
Polytrauma is the medical term for injuries to multiple parts of the body or organ systems at the same time. That is why a final diagnosis is not made immediately on admission, but only after a series of examinations and scans. Official word on the 14-year-old’s condition is expected later, once the diagnostic process is complete.
The crash happened in the afternoon, in mid-August. Schools are on summer break at this time of year, so children are out and about beyond the usual morning and midday rush. How the boy ended up in the car’s path is something the investigation will determine.
Was the Boy on a Crosswalk?
There is no answer to that yet. At the time of publication, it was not known how the crash happened, or exactly how the car struck the minor. Nor was it confirmed whether the boy was on a marked crosswalk.
The answer to that question is not a formality. If the pedestrian was on a marked crosswalk, investigators assess whether the driver properly yielded the right of way. If he was not, both the pedestrian’s movement and the vehicle’s speed at the moment of impact come under scrutiny. That is why no conclusions about responsibility are drawn before the on site investigation is done.
The Investigation Comes Before Any Legal Classification
Police arrived at the scene, and the on site investigation was underway. Details about the circumstances of the crash are expected only once it is finished.
A traffic accident investigation covers the position of the vehicle and the injured party, the marks left on the road surface, and the visibility conditions at the location. Based on those findings, the prosecutor’s office decides whether there are grounds for a criminal case, and against whom. The driver’s guilt is not presumed, it is established.
If the investigation shows that the driver violated traffic regulations and the pedestrian’s injury is serious, an offense against the safety of public traffic comes into consideration. If no violation is found, no proceedings are opened. The legal classification is decided by the prosecutor’s office, not by the police and not by the media.
Alongside the on site investigation, a pre-criminal procedure is also underway. In it, police, acting on the prosecutor’s orders, gather statements from the driver, from witnesses at the scene, and from anyone who saw the vehicle and the pedestrian moving before the impact. Only once those statements are compared with the findings from the road surface does a picture of how the crash unfolded emerge.
No information about the driver has been released, including whether he was detained after the crash.
The Minor’s Identity Is Not Being Published
The injured boy’s name is not being given, nor is any information that could identify him. That rule applies even when the minor is the victim rather than a suspect.
One Case Within the Daily Count
Srpske Novine previously reported on a daily overview in which 106 traffic accidents were recorded across Serbia in twenty-four hours, injuring 71 people. Figures like that read as statistics. The Trosarina case shows what sits behind one line in that count: a 14-year-old child, and admission to a children’s hospital.
What Comes Next
Two pieces of information are still to come. The first is the doctors’ findings on the extent of the injuries, once the diagnostic workup in Tirsova is complete. The second is the police report on the circumstances of the crash, once the on site investigation is finished.
Until then, only what is known from the scene is confirmed: a 14-year-old boy, severe polytrauma, first aid given at the roundabout, and transport to the hospital.
