In Aspropyrgos, the driver of a suspicious vehicle made a dangerous maneuver as a result of which the driver of the patrol car in front hit the brakes and the car driven by the 29-year-old DIAS police officer collided with it
29-year-old Christos Kourouniotis is the 29-year-old Patronus Police Officer of DIAS, who lost his life today in the early hours of Monday 12/18/2023, during a chase in Athens – Corinth, following a report of a car theft from Nikaia Attica.
According to pelop.gr, his brother is also a Policeman and serves in combat duty, in Achaia. The 29-year-old’s family lives in Demenika, Patras.
The young man from Patrinos died in a traffic accident involving an ELAS patrol car that occurred on the Athens-Corinth National Highwayat the height of Lake Koumoundourou in Aspropyrgos.
It all started at about 04:00 in the morning, when the center of Immediate Actions received a call for an attempted vehicle theft from the area of ​​Nice.
Police forces arrived at the scene and found that in the incident two cars involved, one of which escaped immediately while the second stayed a little behind.
The result was to start a chase with patrol cars and motorcycles of the DIAS Team, which ended up on the National Highway.
Reaching the height of Aspropyrgos and specifically near Koumoundourou lake, the driver of the “suspect” vehicle made a dangerous maneuver, as a result of which a police car braked sharply, the motorcycle driver did not have time to do the same and crashed into him.
The result was the 29-year-old police officer of the DIAS Team. to be seriously injured and transferred to the “Thriasio” hospital where he ended up a short time later, while the second is hospitalized in critical condition.
Information indicates that the police managed to arrest the driver of the vehicle.
Source: Skai
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