Sabac Prosecutors Take Over Goran Maksimovic Crash Case
Higher prosecutors have taken the case from the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office a month after the Slatina crash. A more serious charge is rumored but unconfirmed.
The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Sabac has taken over from the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office the case of the crash that killed singer Goran Maksimovic Gogo (26) on September 21, 2026. The change of jurisdiction came once the results of tests arrived, about a month after the tragedy in Slatina, near Sabac.
The test results have not been made public, and the higher prosecutors are not discussing details for now.
What is known about the takeover?
The case was handled by the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Sabac from the start. Blood and urine samples were taken from the driver right after the crash to check for alcohol and psychoactive substances, and none of the authorities has announced the results.
According to unofficial information reported by the media, the offense could be reclassified as a more serious crime. That decision has not been confirmed. The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Sabac told reporters from Kurir that it cannot share details of the case at the moment.
A source familiar with the case, whom the media did not name, explained what the move to a higher prosecutor’s office can mean:
When a case moves from the jurisdiction of a basic prosecutor’s office to a higher one, it can indicate that new evidence has been gathered or that circumstances have been established that call for a different legal classification of the offense. If the test results influenced the assessment of the circumstances in which the crash happened, that may be one of the reasons the higher prosecutor’s office took over the case.
That is an interpretation, not a confirmation: no competent authority has said that the test results changed the classification of the offense.
How did the crash on Cerska Street happen?
The crash took place on September 21 at about 6:20 a.m. on Cerska Street in Slatina, near Sabac. Maksimovic was returning from the Sabac Fair, where he had performed the evening before with his band Tika Taka. He was sitting in the back seat and died at the scene.
The Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Sabac described the circumstances right after the crash:
Upon arriving at Cerska Street, the vehicle left the roadway to the right, in the direction of travel, into a drainage ditch, and the front of the vehicle hit an earthen culvert. The car was sent for an extraordinary technical inspection, while blood and urine samples were taken from the driver for analysis of alcohol and psychoactive substances. The vehicle was also processed by crime scene technicians.
What happened to the others in the vehicle?
The car was driven by M. I., who was seriously injured. The other passengers were hurt as well, among them the wife of the late singer, and all were treated at the Sabac Health Center. According to Kurir’s latest information, the driver was still receiving hospital treatment.
Passersby pulled one injured person out before emergency crews arrived. Firefighter rescuers freed the others from the wreck using hydraulic tools.
The vehicle was sent for an extraordinary technical inspection and forensic processing. The prosecutor’s office has not yet published the findings of those procedures.
