Four people were killed in road accidents across Greece in the past day, highlighting the country’s consistently poor performance on road safety issues, a fact confirmed by numerous EU statistics.
In more detail, a 27-year-old man was killed early Thursday morning in a car crash in Lagkadas, Thessaloniki, on the old Thessaloniki–Kavala national road near the area of Kavalario when his car reportedly veered off course.
First responders pulled the man from the wrecked vehicle unconscious and transported him to Papageorgiou Hospital, where efforts to revive him failed.
On the same day, another fatal crash on the Athens–Corinth national highway at the Mandra junction claimed the life of a 52-year-old female motorcyclist.
Her motorcycle collided with a truck, resulting in critical injuries to the rider, who was rushed to Thriasio Hospital but succumbed to her injuries shortly after arrival. Traffic was temporarily halted in the area as authorities worked to clear the site and begin an investigation.
In the city of Pyrgos, in the northwestern Peloponnese, a 23-year-old man died in a car accident Wednesday afternoon on a local road.
According to the police report, the young driver lost control of his car for unknown reasons. The vehicle suddenly swerved off the road, crashing into an olive tree. First responders succeeded in extracting the unconscious man from the wreckage and took him to the General Hospital of Pyrgos with critical injuries. Despite the medical team’s best efforts, he did not survive.
In another fatal road accident, in Northern Evia, an 80-year-old man lost control of his vehicle on the Chalkida–Aidipsos national road near Mantoudi, resulting in a crash.
Firefighters rushed to the scene to extricate the man and his wife. The elderly man was found unresponsive, while his wife sustained minor injuries and was taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons. An autopsy has been ordered by the Coroner’s Service of Central Greece to determine the precise cause of death.
