Kozani: What the fatal truck driver claimed

The circumstances under which the horrible car accident in Polymylou toll in Kozani occurred, with a couple losing their life, they are trying to find out by police investigating the incident.

Thus, after searching for visual material from traffic management cameras in Egnatiapolice officers were at the scene of the tragedy to find data on the incident.

The truck driver did not brake in Kozani

According to police sources, there are no traces of braking on the road.

Which means that the truck fell with as many miles on the two cars in the e-Pass strip.

According to police officers, the truck driver appears to have not only realized the front vehicles but also the overall toll station.

At the same time, it is certain that the truck was speeding well above the limit and under adverse weather conditions.

‘I didn’t see anything’

The driver of the truck, of Ukrainian descent, argued that he did not see the vehicles in the e-Pass strip because of the dense fog that was on the spot.

« I didn’t see and understood anything » were the words that the 38 -year -old professional driver said before he was taken to the prosecutor.

‘The flames arrived in the sky’

« At the time we were paying, we heard a truly scary noise and saw flames reaching the sky, » an eyewitness said at that time in the opposite stream of Egnatia Road.

« There had been a fire from the conflict. There was panic, horns and voices. My husband, with the help of an employee, opened the bar that was closed so that we could leave and all the cars behind us, ”the woman added.