Zajecar: Train Hits Car at Crossing, Passenger Injured
Last night around 9:15 p.m., a train on the Zajecar-Nis line hit a Volkswagen Polo carrying three young women at the Dobro dosli crossing. The front passenger was injured, and no one died.
A train on the Zajecar-Nis line hit a passenger car at a level crossing in Zajecar last night at around 9:15 p.m. Three young women were in the vehicle. The front passenger was injured and taken by ambulance to the Zajecar Health Center. No one was killed.
Where did the train hit the car in Zajecar?
The accident happened at the crossing near a spot called “Dobro dosli” (Welcome). The crossing is busy because it is the way over the tracks to Kraljevica hill, a popular destination among people from Zajecar. The car was a Volkswagen Polo, and the train threw it several meters from the tracks.
The footage from the scene comes from the Instagram profile of the local radio station Magnum. According to the outlets that picked it up, the vehicle shows heavy material damage.
The outlets report what happened based on a statement from unnamed officials:
“At around 9:15 p.m. at the railway crossing in Zajecar, at the place called ‘Dobro dosli’, which is busy because that track is crossed on the way to the popular Kraljevica hill, a serious traffic accident occurred which, fortunately, ended without tragic consequences.”
The same statement goes on to describe the collision itself:
“The train hit the Volkswagen Polo and threw it several meters from the tracks. There were three young women in the car, and the front-seat passenger was injured and taken to the Zajecar Health Center.”
How badly is the front passenger hurt?
Here the reports differ. Some outlets say in their headlines that the young woman is seriously injured, while the body text of the same outlets says she is more seriously injured. One portal states that the information about her injury is unconfirmed. The ages of the young women have not been released, and no source says more than one of them was hurt.
The on-site investigation is finished, and the authorities had not made an official statement by the morning of October 27.
What is still unknown?
The available reports leave several questions that the investigation will have to answer:
- whether the crossing has a barrier or light signals
- which train was involved
- how the car ended up on the tracks
- the condition of the injured young woman after she was admitted to the hospital
Until that is made public, all that is known for certain is the place, the time, the make of the vehicle, and the fact that all three young women survived the collision.
