The traffic accident on the Egnatia Road Tolls has resulted in two people losing their lives and four injuring themselves
The causes of the accident in the Polymylos toll are trying to explain road safety experts. They speak of a multifactorial car accident, in which the intense fog and drivers’ driving behavior played an important role, as Ertnews reports.
The traffic accident on the Egnatia Road Tolls has resulted in two people losing their lives and four injuring.
The authorities have begun investigations on the causes, at the same time experts are trying to explain the conditions under which the car accident took place. As they say, there are many factors that have played a role with the most important fog and speed. They also raise the issue of operation of electronic transit systems and marking in cases where adverse weather conditions prevail.
Another reason, which can cause a serious traffic accident, is driving behavior. In the future to avoid similar traffic accidents on large highways, experts argue that the time has come to even remove the tolls and suggest the application of a vignette.
The incident is being investigated by the motorway traffic, a light expected to give the material from the cameras of the managing company, as the toll station equipment suffered serious damage and the cameras were destroyed.
The severity of the accident is reflected in the photos from the point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3MrsGB0MAQ
How did the car accident happen
The traffic accident occurred at 4pm, when a truck with Ukrainian signs crashed into two IX. According to a first version, IX vehicle heading from Veria to Kozani approaching the toll of Polymilos, entered the E-Pass Strip. For an unknown reason, the vehicle was unable to cross the bars and reverse. At that moment the second IX followed, with the result that the two vehicles collided. Then the heavy vehicle was coming above them.
In a second version, the driver of the truck came at high speed and fell on the IX, which had normally stopped to cross tolls.
In the area there was at that time dense fog that made visibility very limited.
After falling over the two IX, the truck He struck with protective railings and then into the toll box.
The fire immediately caught fire, burning all three vehicles involved in the accident.
The occupants of one of the two IX are dead, and from the second the two passengers caught up and came out in time.
The accident was also injured by the employee at the next box of tolls from where the truck fell.
The #fire in vehicles, while from a car 2 bodies were recovered by an ambulance of EKAB.
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Authorities proceeded In the arrest of the driver of the Dalica who is originally from Ukraine.
In Mamatzio the injured and the two corpses
The injured and corpses of the two charred people were transferred to M. Trariti in the Mamasheio Hospital in the afternoon, according to ERT.
The injured Egnatia employee carries some minor scratches on the head. The other two reportedly bring some minor injuries. Their state of health is not of any concern, according to the hospital administrator, Mr Solio and possibly today, on Wednesday, will be discharged.
The recognition of the two charcoal people cannot be identified without a DNA sample, but according to Kozan.gr, all the evidence converges that it is an adrophy originating from Mikrovalto and Livadero of the Municipality of Serbia, who lived abroad.
Since it is found to be for them, they are a couple of ages 65 – 75 living abroad and came to Greece to spend Easter, with a vehicle leased in Greece.
Western Macedonia’s Vice -Mayor of Civil Protection, Yiannis Kioses, talked about the tragic accident in the ERTnews Central Newsletter.
Mr Kioses clarified, among other things: “We do not know the exact causes and details of the accident. From what we found after the incident, the big vehicle, the Dalica, who carried glass jars and was moving from Thessaloniki to Kozani, fell to a toll crossing point, where two vehicles were parked, one was completely burned down and the two were burned down and the two were burned down. was a man and a woman.
Whose corpses were then taken to Kozani Hospital, as well as the three were injured, who were the two people on a vehicle and the toll officer.
One lady, one of the three, has left the hospital with a responsible statement because she had no problem after the first exams that were done and the other two out -of -risk patients remain hospitalized.
Now in terms of the details of the accident, I can’t know them. This will be shown by the police and the Fire Department report. “
Source: Skai
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