The list is growing road accidents which have occurred on the islands in recent times and in which they participate ATVs (ATVs) or otherwise “pigs”. Two new traffic accidents occurred the day before yesterday in Santorini as well as HERAKLION, Cretethe first of which is fatal.

According to the first information, on Tuesday afternoon, a “pig” tourist driver traveling on the Fira-Pyrgos Expressway in Santorini crossed the oncoming traffic to see the view of the Caldera, as a result of which he was dragged to death by a 34-year-old driver of a passing motorcycle and seriously injured another young man.

Two new incidents in Santorini and Heraklion, Crete, the first of which ended in death.

Around the same time, a French couple on a four-wheeled motorcycle got into a traffic accident on the old national road of the municipality of Hersonissos. The 23-year-old woman reportedly suffered serious facial injuries and her 23-year-old boyfriend suffered minor leg injuries.

Both were taken to the hospital in an EKAV ambulance, and the circumstances under which the accident occurred are being investigated. Road police.

Meanwhile, a few days ago on the same road there was another accident involving a “pig”. Shortly after 17:00 on July 23, under unknown circumstances, a car traveling on the old national road at the height of Hersonissos collided with a “pig”, as a result of which the 25-year-old Dutch driver was seriously injured.

The young man was taken to Heraklion University General Hospital with multiple injuries all over his body and head. Recall that in March 2018, the Ministry of Transport introduced a bill prohibiting four-wheeled motorcycles with a volume of up to 125 cubic meters from moving on paved roads, except for crossing them vertically.

Following a reaction in July 2018, as amended, it was decided that each municipality would decide whether to allow four-wheeled motorcycles on the paved road network in its jurisdiction.