Besni Fok: Tanker Truck Crash Slows Traffic

A tanker truck and a smaller truck collided on Tuesday afternoon, September 15, on the road near Besni Fok. Both vehicles ended up off the roadway after the impact. The two trucks made contact on a stretch of road that carries traffic in both directions, so the consequences were immediately visible to drivers who happened to be nearby.

All emergency services on duty were dispatched to the scene right away. Firefighters from the Fire and Rescue Unit, police officers and a paramedic team all responded. Firefighters worked to secure both vehicles while paramedics treated those involved in the crash. Having all three services on site at once suggests the accident was treated as serious from the very first moment, even though the full extent of the consequences was not yet known at that point.

The severity of any injuries has not been officially confirmed so far. None of the available sources say how many people were hurt or what condition they are in, so it is not known whether anyone needed hospital treatment. There is also no information on whether the tanker leaked during the collision, and that question remains open for now. Had there been a leak of hazardous cargo, statements about the crash would normally have mentioned an evacuation of the surrounding area, and none of the sources report anything of the kind.

Police carried out an on-site investigation on that stretch of road. The goal is to establish all the circumstances and the exact cause of the collision between the tanker and the truck. In cases like this, the investigation typically includes examining the damage to both vehicles, checking for marks on the road surface and taking statements from the drivers, all of which is later used to determine responsibility for the crash. The findings of that investigation have not been released so far, and until the process is concluded, it also remains unclear whether either driver will face charges.

Traffic on that section of the road was slow and difficult while crews worked at the scene. Drivers were advised to proceed with caution and to use alternative routes until both vehicles were removed from the roadway. The presence of a tanker alongside the smaller truck was an added reason for caution near the scene, since the condition of the tanker’s cargo could not be confirmed until the investigation was complete. None of the sources report when the road was cleared or whether traffic returned fully to normal by the end of the day.

News of the crash was first reported by Telegraf at 3:46 p.m., followed by B92 at 4:16 p.m. Both outlets carried the same basic details about the response: that all three emergency services were on site, that firefighters were securing the vehicles and that paramedics were assisting those involved. Neither report states the exact moment of the collision itself, nor the number of vehicles that were caught in the resulting slowdown, so this account relies solely on what both newsrooms confirmed.

No official statement on the cause of the crash or on the condition of anyone injured, if there were injuries, had been issued in any of the available sources as of this writing. If police or the relevant prosecutor’s office later release additional details about the circumstances or about possible responsibility, this article will be updated.

The newsroom currently has no verifiable information about earlier accidents on the same stretch of road near Besni Fok, so no comparison with previous cases has been included here. Until police release the findings of their investigation, the only confirmed details remain those relayed by crews at the scene in the first hours after the crash: that the tanker and the truck are off the roadway, that firefighters, police and paramedics are on site, and that traffic has been slowed.