Five women injured in car accident near Ajdovščina

Five young women were seriously injured in a car accident near the settlement of Budanje in the Ajdovščina municipality. The incident occurred when a 20-year-old driver, traveling from Vipava toward Ajdovščina, drove too close to the right edge of the road after a bend. The vehicle left the roadway, traveled along a grassy embankment, entered a ditch, and collided head-on with a tree before overturning on its left side.

Emergency responders, including police from Nova Gorica and Ajdovščina, medical teams from Ajdovščina, Nova Gorica, and Postojna, and firefighters from Ajdovščina, attended the scene. Two passengers had to be extricated from the wreckage by firefighters. One 19-year-old passenger was airlifted by a Slovenian Armed Forces helicopter to the University Medical Centre Ljubljana for advanced treatment, while the driver and the other three passengers were transported to the hospital in Šempeter pri Gorici.

Police are investigating the possibility of a criminal offense due to negligence. The driver has been ordered to undergo a professional medical examination, and the incident has been reported to the investigating judge of the Nova Gorica District Court and the state prosecutor.