Traffic collision

A three-month old baby was killed in a traffic accident in the city of Volos, central Greece on Saturday night. A motorcycle driven by a young man hit and dragged the pedestrian who was holding the infant.

According to the information, the motorcyclist was maneuvering while the infant's grandfather, who was holding the baby in his arms, was trying to cross the street. 

An incident in Varna: a driver under the influence of drugs collided with a traffic police patrol car, leaving officers injured and causing a significant commotion. The collision unfolded on one of Varna's bustling boulevards, "Vasil Levski," just before the roundabout with "Slivnitsa" boulevard, and has left the community in shock.

A serious accident with 4 victims occurred around midnight on "Tsar Boris Treti Obedinite" Blvd. in Plovdiv, the police announced.

According to initial information, at the intersection with "Graf Ignatiev" Street, a Mercedes car did not stop at a "Stop" sign and collided with another car of the same brand, reports Radio Plovdiv.

A 4-year-old girl died after an accident in Pleven region, the Ministry of the Interior reports. The accident happened around 21:35 last night on a third-class road after the village of Opanec in the direction of the town of Dolna Mitropolia.

The 30-year-old driver of the car in which the child was traveling lost control, the car left the roadway and hit a roadside tree.

A 65-year-old man was killed in a traffic accident involving a police car in the Athens neighborhood of Moschato on Wednesday.

The man was pronounced dead at the Attiko Hospital, where he was transferred after being hit by the police car.

Pireaus traffic police are conducting a preliminary investigation into the accident. 

Police on Corfu are investigating a fatal road incident in which two pedestrians, a couple in their 80s, lost their lives.

The accident took place late on Thursday night, on the Roda-Acharavi provincial road when the couple, aged 80 and 81 years old, were struck by a car being driven by a 31-year-old citizen, who was subsequently arrested.

A car crash on the Thessaloniki-Serres motorway left two people dead and two heavily injured. Reportedly, at 12.05 p.m. a passenger car crashed with a truck in yet unidentified circumstances.

According to the police, the driver of the car and his wife, aged 45 and 48, were killed. Their children, aged 7 and 10, were seriously injured.

A 37-year-old man was injured on Tuesday in Fthiotida in Central Greece after his motorcycle crashed into a wild boar on a provincial road.

According to local news media, the man was on his way to work just before 8 a.m. when a herd of the animals blocked his way, causing him to crash into one of them. 

The need for deterrent penalties on excessive speeding has once again been emphasized by experts since 1,345 people lost their lives in traffic accidents during the past six months.

Thousands of traffic accidents occur every year in the country, mainly caused by excessive speed, carelessness, disobeying the rules and similar reasons.

Serious accident on the road between Primorsko and Kiten. An 18-year-old driver was killed, and five other people were seriously injured, including a child.