Swiss man killed in an accident in Croatia
Published: Saturday, Jul 27th 2024, 09:30
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A 21-year-old Swiss man has died in an accident on the Croatian vacation island of Murter off the coast of Dalmatia. According to media reports, the young man fell down a slope while riding a quad bike.
In Switzerland, the "Blick" was the first to report on the accident on Saturday. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) informed the news agency Keystone-SDA that it was aware of the death of a Swiss national in Croatia.
According to its own statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs is in contact with the man's relatives and the Croatian authorities. For reasons of privacy, it did not provide any further details on the location and course of the accident or on the man involved.
Several Croatian media also took up the case. The 21-year-old was driving up a hill on a dirt road when he lost control of his vehicle on a sharp left-hand bend, the Croatian public television station HRT wrote on its website. It referred to police reports. The Swiss man died at the scene of the accident.
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