Rakovica and Kneza Milosa: Two Pedestrians Badly Hurt
Six traffic accidents left seven people injured overnight in Belgrade. Two pedestrians are in critical condition, one near the Rakovica Sports Center and one at Kneza Milosa and Visegradska.
Belgrade recorded six traffic accidents overnight between September 24 and 25, leaving seven people injured. Two of them are pedestrians, and both are in critical, life threatening condition. One accident happened in Rakovica, the other early this morning at the corner of Kneza Milosa and Visegradska streets.
The first accident happened last night around 8 pm, near the Rakovica Sports Center. A Renault Clio driven by L. G. (21) struck pedestrian M. S. (53). The man suffered multiple fractures and life threatening injuries. He was taken to the Emergency Center, where he was kept for further treatment after diagnostic tests.
Sources disagree on exactly where the accident happened. Kurir and B92, citing Telegraf, report it took place on Patrijarha Dimitrija Street. Belgrade Emergency Medical Services (EMS), in its own overnight report, lists the location as Rakovacki put near the Rakovica Sports Center, at 7:55 pm.
Witnesses cited by B92 say the pedestrian was thrown some distance by the impact and lost consciousness immediately. Heavy traffic jams built up at the scene in the direction of Rakovica.
The second serious accident happened this morning around 5:50 am, at the corner of Kneza Milosa and Visegradska. A woman was struck by an unidentified vehicle while crossing the street. The call to EMS came in at 5:50 am, and the response was logged at 5:52 am. The woman was taken to the Emergency Center in critical condition. Her age, along with details of the vehicle or driver, have not yet been released.
The on duty physician at the Belgrade Institute for Emergency Medicine, whose name has not been made public, told RTS’s Morning Program:
“We immediately sent out a medical team, and they genuinely got to the scene very quickly.”
Bystanders at the scene tried to help the injured woman. EMS nonetheless advises against moving someone with these kinds of injuries before a medical team arrives.
“With injuries like these, it’s really best not to move the person at all, especially since we know the medical team will be there very quickly,” the same physician said.
The reason, she explained, is simply how fast the teams reach the scene.
The night brought further accidents across Belgrade. Near the Rakovica Monastery, at 10:33 pm, a crash injured four people, three of them lightly and one more seriously; all four were taken to the Emergency Center. Three more accidents overnight left two additional people with minor injuries.
Figures on the number of EMS calls overnight vary from report to report. B92 and Kurir reported early this morning that EMS had handled 99 interventions, 13 of them in public places. Kurir and nova.rs, in their later reports on the Kneza Milosa accident, cited an updated count of 100 interventions, 14 of them in public places. According to all the reports, most calls came from patients with chronic conditions.
