Five people died early on July 30, 2025, when a minibus carrying seven people slammed into a truck near Slovene Konjice in Slovenia. Four of the dead were Ukrainian citizens, Slovenian authorities said.
The crash happened before dawn on the route toward Ljubljana, about a hundred kilometres north of the capital, Austria’s public broadcaster ORF reported. Slovenia’s RTV SLO said the van struck the truck’s trailer. ORF added that the truck had been standing in a traffic jam, and that the five victims were all women.
Speed blamed
Police pointed to speed. Their preliminary findings said the van was going too fast, in ORF’s account at a speed “not adapted” to the conditions. The driver of the van, a Ukrainian national, got away with minor injuries.
The truck driver, a Russian, was unhurt.
Two other passengers went to hospital. One of them had to be flown out by air ambulance. Euromaidan Press, citing RTV SLO, reported that a hospitalised passenger also held Ukrainian citizenship; the identity of the second injured person was still being established.
The highway stayed shut for about five hours while investigators worked and crews cleared the wreckage.
Police had not released the victims’ names or ages in the early reports, and none of the coverage said why the group was travelling.
Sources
- Slovenia highway crash kills 5 Ukrainians in collision with Russian truck driver
- Fuenf Tote bei Verkehrsunfall in Slowenien (ORF)
