A traffic accident with two deaths occurred around 6 am in the city of Florina. According to information from the General Police Directorate of Western Macedonia, the vehicle driven by a 23-year-old local citizen veered off its course, and crashed into the statue of the Russian Soldier.

A 79-year-old citizen was also a passenger in the fatal car. Both were pulled unconscious and taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead.

From the investigation so far, it emerged that the 23-year-old driver had been involved in a traffic accident with two other vehicles a little earlier, where only material damage was caused. However, he had an argument with the drivers of the other two vehicles. and then the 23-year-old boarded not in his own car, but in a vehicle of another driver involved in the accident, in which the 79-year-old was a passenger.

After getting into the car, in which there was already a passenger, he sped up and probably lost control and crashed into the statue, resulting in their tragic deaths.

The Florina Traffic Directorate is conducting a preliminary investigation into the causes and circumstances of the accident.