Former IM's driver charged with reckless driving

The driver of former Interior Minister Dragan Jočić has been charged with reckless driving over the crash where the two men were seriously injured.

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Friday, 17.07.2009.

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The driver of former Interior Minister Dragan Jocic has been charged with reckless driving over the crash where the two men were seriously injured. The charges against Mirko Damjanovic were brought by the District Court in Velika Plana, after Jocic sustained serious injuries in the accident on the Belgrade-Nis highway on January 25, 2008. Former IM's driver charged with reckless driving “The accused is entitled to appeal within eight days of receipt of the indictment. A hearing will be scheduled upon expiry of that deadline,” said Judge Zivan Djurisic. The judge added that, if found guilty, Damjanovic could face up to four years’ imprisonment. According to a statement issued after the collision in Staro Selo at around 23:30 CET, Damjanovic, driving a Mercedes ML 500, had struck a dog on the highway causing him to lose control of the vehicle, which had veered off the carraigeway, smashing through roadside barriers, before somersaulting several times. Police established that the dog that the car had struck had weighed around 70 kg and was owned by one Dragan Jovanovic of Velika Plana. The Interior Ministry formed a nine-member commission led by Smederevo Police Chief Dejan Popovic to establish the circumstances of the accident. Jocic was asleep at the time of the accident. Damjanovic is accused of failing to act appropriately at the moment in question, said Djurisic. Dragan Jocic (FoNet, archive)

Former IM's driver charged with reckless driving

“The accused is entitled to appeal within eight days of receipt of the indictment. A hearing will be scheduled upon expiry of that deadline,” said Judge Živan Đurišić.

The judge added that, if found guilty, Damjanović could face up to four years’ imprisonment.

According to a statement issued after the collision in Staro Selo at around 23:30 CET, Damjanović, driving a Mercedes ML 500, had struck a dog on the highway causing him to lose control of the vehicle, which had veered off the carraigeway, smashing through roadside barriers, before somersaulting several times.

Police established that the dog that the car had struck had weighed around 70 kg and was owned by one Dragan Jovanović of Velika Plana.

The Interior Ministry formed a nine-member commission led by Smederevo Police Chief Dejan Popović to establish the circumstances of the accident.

Jočić was asleep at the time of the accident.

Damjanović is accused of failing to act appropriately at the moment in question, said Đurišić.

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