Vranje Chase: Teen Driver Hits Police Patrol Car
A police patrol tried to stop a car in Davidovac around 10 p.m. on Friday. The chase ended in a collision in Vranje, and the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed injured officers.
A police chase after a teenage driver near Vranje ended on Friday evening in a collision with an official police vehicle. The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Vranje confirmed that the driver and the passenger are younger minors and that several police officers were injured in the crash.
How did the chase from Davidovac begin?
A police patrol tried to stop a car in the village of Davidovac, near Vranje, around 10 p.m. on Friday, October 9. The driver ignored the order and drove on to a neighboring village, then toward Vranje. Police followed.
The Vranjski Online Magazine, as relayed by the Resetka portal, reports that the car is an Opel Vectra with Belgrade plates. According to the same source, the driver is 15 and the passenger is 14. The prosecutor’s office has not released their ages.
Where did the chase end?
In Vranje, the car hit a police vehicle. Kurir places the spot at the corner of Nemanjina Street and Kraljevica Marka Street, while the Vranjski Online Magazine says the chase ended around 11 p.m. on Kraljevica Marka Street.
The same local outlet also describes an earlier scene: in the village of Rataje, the car veered off the road and hit a container, and the container injured one police officer. Other sources do not mention that detail.
How many officers were injured?
Sources differ here. RTS and TV Info Puls report that several officers were injured. Resetka, citing the local magazine, reports that more of them were hurt in the Vranje collision, plus one injured in Rataje. Kurir gives no number. The severity of the injuries has not been released.
What was found in the car?
According to early reports, the minors had a weapon. The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Vranje then established that the pistol found in the car was plastic.
Kurir reports that both minors were handcuffed. RTS and TV Info Puls report that police detained the underage driver.
The prosecutor’s office ordered evidence to be gathered to establish all the circumstances of the incident. Any criminal charges have not been announced yet.
