Three young people died and several others were hurt in two serious crashes in Republika Srpska on Monday evening, 12 October.

The first crash happened at Zasad Polje near Trebinje. Two young men died, one of them at the scene.

The other, a 22-year-old, was taken to hospital in Trebinje with no heartbeat. Doctors tried to revive him for more than two hours but failed. He was pronounced dead at 11.55pm.

Another person in the same crash suffered concussion and was admitted to the neurosurgery department. Several others have minor injuries.

At about 10pm the same evening, a car and a motorcycle collided at Dvorovi near Bijeljina, on the Bijeljina-Rača highway. A young woman riding on the motorcycle died.

A second person on the motorcycle was taken by ambulance to the emergency unit of the health centre in Bijeljina. It is not yet known how serious the injuries are.

The authorities have not yet made an official statement. Officers from the Traffic Safety Station in Bijeljina are examining the scene at Dvorovi.