Croatia’s protection minister has been sacked after he apparently induced a visitors collision through which one individual died and he was additionally significantly injured
ByThe Related Press
November 11, 2023, 5:39 AM
FILE – Croatia’s Protection Minister Mario Banozic arrives for a gathering of EU Protection Ministers on the Prague Congress Middle in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Banozic has been significantly injured in a automobile crash through which one other individual died. Officers say that the accident occurred round 6 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 on a street in japanese Croatia. (AP Picture/Petr David Josek, file)
The Related Press
ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatia’s protection minister was sacked on Saturday after he apparently induced a visitors collision through which one individual died and he was additionally significantly injured.
Protection Minister Mario Banozic was overtaking a truck in dangerous climate when he crashed right into a van coming from the other way, authorities mentioned. The van driver died within the crash and Banozic was hospitalized with severe accidents.
“I’ve eliminated Minister Banozic from responsibility of the protection minister, contemplating the extraordinary circumstances,” Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic mentioned shortly after preliminary findings have been printed concerning the crash in japanese Croatia.
The accident occurred round 6 a.m. on Saturday. Banozic, 44, was driving his private automobile and was touring on his personal.
“We’re expressing our condolences to the household of the one that was killed,” authorities spokesman Marko Milic mentioned earlier on Saturday on X, previously referred to as Twitter.
The deputy prosecutor within the japanese city of Vukovar, Biljana Luburić, mentioned Banozic’s blood and urine samples have been taken for testing.
In accordance with the crash report, Banozic was overtaking one other car “with out checking if it may be completed safely and with out considering the climate circumstances.”
He suffered head and mind contusions, in addition to a number of physique trauma. He remained below commentary, however his accidents will not be life-threatening.
Native Index information portal mentioned Banozic was apparently going looking when he crashed. Pictures from the scene confirmed Banozic’s automobile turned on its aspect subsequent to the badly broken van on a wet and foggy day.
