A trip ended tragically for a 19-year-old from Mytilene who was seriously injured when the car he was in collided with horses walking freely in the middle of the road in the Abelakia area of Gera Lesvos.
The youth from Gera was one of the four passengers in a car involved in the accident, which occurred at dawn on Monday in the Ampelakia area, between Papados and Perama.
The accident occurred when a car collided with two horses that were roaming freely on the road. On the same night of the accident, a 40-year-old military man, the owner of these horses, was identified and detained.
The security camera recorded the moment car accidentas a result of which the young man died.
The video shown on the morning TV show shows the horses walking in the middle of the road. Suddenly, a car in which the deceased was driving drives towards them. As a result of the collision, the young man was seriously injured, due to which he died later in intensive care, despite the efforts of doctors. There were three other young people in the same car who suffered minor injuries.
On Monday morning, a soldier was arrested and turned out to be the owner of two horses. He was subject to a statutory administrative fine for not having chips installed on his horses. Although the soldier was initially charged with causing grievous bodily harm by negligence, his case was referred to the prosecutor of the Athens military court, who released him pending trial.
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