Cerovac Crash Near Sabac Kills Man, 25; Another Critical
A car carrying two young men home from a wedding left the road and rolled onto its roof. One died at the scene; the other is in the Emergency Center in Belgrade.
A young man identified as M. S. (25) died in the village of Cerovac, near Sabac, and a second passenger in the same car was seriously injured and taken in critical condition to the Emergency Center in Belgrade. The vehicle left the road and rolled onto its roof. The cause of the crash has not been established, and the police investigation at the scene is finished.
What is known about the crash
According to Telegraf, the crash happened around one o’clock after midnight. The car carried two young men returning from a wedding celebration in Cerovac. Under circumstances the sources describe as unclear, the vehicle left the road and ended up on its roof.
M. S. died at the scene. An emergency medical team pulled the other young man from the vehicle, and doctors took him in critical condition to the Emergency Center in Belgrade, where, as reported, they are fighting for his life.
How the rescue unfolded
Firefighters from Sabac also arrived at the scene. They had to cut the vehicle open to recover the body of the man who died. Telegraf’s first report, published on October 5 at 9:41 p.m., says firefighters pulled out the person who died and the emergency medical service took the injured man, which matches the later, expanded account.
Police carried out the on-site investigation. The causes and circumstances of the crash are to be established by the inquiry.
What exactly is not known?
Several details a reader would naturally look for are missing from the sources. They do not name the make of the car or say which of the two men was driving. None of the four articles we reviewed contains a statement from the police, the prosecutor’s office or the emergency medical service, so everything reported here traces back to a single source. Novosti explicitly attributes its information to Telegraf, and Nova.rs signed its article as taken from Telegraf.
Until police publish the findings of the on-site investigation, everything above remains at the level of early information. No one is being blamed for the crash.
When exactly did it happen?
Telegraf published its first article on the evening of October 5, and it says the crash happened “last night” around one o’clock after midnight. That wording points to the early hours of October 5. Nova.rs published the same details, with the same phrase, on the morning of October 6, so its article could be read as describing the night of October 6. The sources diverge here, and neither gives a date outright, so the exact time remains unconfirmed.
What is known about the victim?
Telegraf writes that M. S. became a father about a year ago, when his son was born. The sources carry no statement from his family and none from doctors about the condition of the injured young man, beyond saying that his condition is critical and that doctors are trying to save his life.
