Donje Medjurovo Crash: Injured Man Says Teen Drove
Sasa Bogdanovic says from his hospital bed that the car was driven by a 17-year-old without a license. Police have not confirmed it, and an investigation is under way.
An injured passenger says the car that slammed into his van in Donje Medjurovo near Nis on Sunday evening was driven by a 17-year-old without a driver’s license. Sasa Bogdanovic is still in the hospital, and police have not confirmed his claim about the driver’s age or license.
What is known about the Donje Medjurovo crash?
A van and a passenger car collided on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at around 9:15 p.m. The van carried Sasa Bogdanovic and a companion identified as J. G., who sat in the front passenger seat. The make and model of the vehicles have not been released.
Police, an ambulance crew and firefighters came to the scene. The van’s doors jammed from the impact, so firefighters had to cut the vehicle open to pull out the injured.
Bogdanovic was unconscious for a time after the collision and, as of Tuesday, October 20, is still in the hospital. Kurir reports that he is seriously injured, but which hospital he is in has not been released. J. G. was also injured, and no information on her condition has been published.
How does the injured man describe the collision?
Bogdanovic spoke to Kurir from the hospital. He says he saw the car in time:
“I saw a car coming toward me at high speed.”
By his account, he tried to avoid the collision but failed. “I got out of the way as much as I could, but I couldn’t avoid the impact,” he said. The hit, he claims, came from the side: “At that moment the car hit us from the side at full speed.”
“The doors couldn’t be opened because of the force of the impact,” Bogdanovic said. He added: “At one point I was unconscious, and I don’t remember a good part of it.” From his hospital bed he also asks: “What did I ever do to God to deserve this?”
What is claimed about the driver of the car?
The key question is who was behind the wheel. Bogdanovic says it was a 17-year-old, and that he learned only later that the young man has no driver’s license:
That boy is 17, and I found out afterward that he doesn’t have a driver’s license. Neither he nor I was drunk.
For now this is solely the claim of the injured passenger. Police have not confirmed it, the driver’s identity has not been released, and there is no information about an arrest or criminal complaint. No one else has confirmed the alcohol claims Bogdanovic makes about both men, and it has not been reported whether either driver was tested for sobriety.
The full circumstances of the crash are not yet known, and the investigation is ongoing. Until the authorities say what they have established, the car’s speed, the exact sequence of the collision and who was driving all rest on what one participant has said. Because the person in question is, by this claim, a minor, his identity would not be published even if it were known.
