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EARLY THIS MORNING

OCTOBER 8 2009 14:19h

Korcula: The British killed in the accident

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A citizen of Great Britain, who was a passenger on a motorcycle, was killed when a 20-year-old driver crashed into a wall in Zrnovo.

The accident, which occurred on Thursday at around 5 a.m. in Zrnovo on the island of Korcula, killed a 24 - year-old citizen of Great Britain.  The 20-year-old Korcula native, who was operating the motorcycle at the time of the accident, was severely injured.

The Dubrovnik-Neretva Police Department reported that the 20-year-old from Korcula lost the control at the Zrnovo entrance, flew off the road and crashed against the wall.

The accident fatally injured his co-passenger and the 20-year-old driver was transported to the Split Hospital.