Seven people were injured in a serious chain-reaction accident involving four vehicles near Kozjak HPP, the Ministry of Interior reported.

According to the report, on August 9, 2026, at 4 p.m., the Skopje Regional Center for Crisis Management was informed of a traffic accident on the regional road leading to Kozjak HPP, in the area of the village of Varvarë, near Skopje.

The collision involved a “Volkswagen Golf” passenger vehicle with Skopje license plates, driven by E.Xh. (19) from the village of Cërn Vërv, near Skopje; a “Seat” passenger vehicle with Skopje license plates, driven by D.A. (31) from the village of Batinc, near Skopje; a “Mercedes” transport vehicle with Skopje license plates, driven by Sh.S. (63) from the village of Malçishtë, near Skopje; and a “Ford” passenger vehicle with Skopje license plates, driven by N.L. (47) from Skopje.

B.R. (18), from the village of Batincë near Skopje, who was traveling as a passenger in the “Golf,” sustained serious bodily injuries. The four drivers also sustained bodily injuries, as did B.O. (30) from the village of Paligrad, near Skopje, and S.L. from Skopje, who were passengers in the “Golf” and “Ford,” respectively. The injuries were confirmed at the “Mother Teresa” Clinical Complex and the “St. Naum of Ohrid” Public Health Institution.

The Ministry of Interior said that an inspection of the scene was carried out by a team from the Skopje Regional Center for Crisis Management./Telegrafi/

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Police in North Macedonia stopped a Kosovo citizen after finding that he was traveling at 220 kilometers per hour on the A1 motorway, on a section where the permitted speed limit is 120 kilometers per hour.

According to a statement from the Ministry of Interior, the 36-year-old driver, identified by the initials Sh.Z., was stopped today at 8:41 a.m. in the parking area near Miletkova, during an intervention by officers from the Strumica Internal Affairs Sector and the Gevgelija Department of Internal Affairs.

He was driving a passenger vehicle with Kosovo license plates, while the recorded speed was 100 kilometers per hour above the permitted limit.

The Ministry of Interior announced that criminal charges would be filed against him for reckless driving.

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