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Boy seriously injured in overnight Belgrade crash as N1 updates tram account

On the morning of June 22, Danas and Novosti, citing emergency services, reported that a boy on a bicycle was seriously injured at the corner of Bulevar kralja Aleksandra and Ulica Svetozara Markovića; N1 later added a note to its initial agency item saying GSP told other media the crash was caused by a car, not a tram. All three sources also report an overnight fight in Novi Beograd in which two young men were seriously injured.

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Published: June 22, 2026 at 08:05 AM

Updated: June 22, 2026 at 10:12 AM

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N1
National mediaIndependent

Emergency service: Boy seriously injured after crash, two people injured in a Belgrade fight

(Hitna pomoć: Dečak teško povređen posle sudara, dve osobe povređene u tuči u Beogradu)

N1, citing Beta and emergency services, writes that a boy was seriously injured in a Belgrade traffic accident overnight and taken to the Tiršova children's hospital. In a published note, N1 separately clarifies that the initial Beta item said a bicycle and tram collided, but GSP later told other media the crash was caused by a car, not a tram. N1 also reports that two young men were seriously injured in an overnight fight in Novi Beograd and taken to KBC Zemun; emergency teams intervened 97 times overnight, including 17 times in public places.

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Danas
National mediaIndependent

Emergency service: Boy seriously injured after collision with a tram

(Hitna pomoć: Dečak teško povređen posle sudara sa tramvajem)

Danas, citing Beta and emergency services, reports that a boy was seriously injured overnight at the corner of Bulevar kralja Aleksandra and Ulica Svetozara Markovića; the article says the cyclist was hit by a tram. The boy was taken to the Tiršova children's hospital. Danas also reports a Novi Beograd fight in which two young men were seriously injured and taken to KBC Zemun; emergency teams intervened 97 times overnight, including 17 calls in public places.

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Novosti
National mediaOfficial framing

Boy hit by tram: Serious accident in central Belgrade

(DEČAKA UDARIO TRAMVAJ: Užasna nesreća u centru Beograda)

Novosti, citing Tanjug and emergency services, writes that the accident happened at 21:20 at the corner of Bulevar kralja Aleksandra and Ulica Svetozara Markovića: according to that account, a tram hit the boy cyclist, who was then taken to the Tiršova children's hospital. The same report says the Novi Beograd fight was reported to emergency services at 21:45: a 28-year-old man was stabbed in the chest and a 23-year-old suffered serious head injuries; both were taken to KBC Zemun. Novosti lists 95 overnight emergency calls, 17 of them in public places.

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