CHANIA, October 2026 — A 32-year-old man died in a Chania VOAK accident on Sunday evening when a car struck him as he tried to cross the highway on foot, reports said.
The man was walking along the Northern Crete Highway (VOAK), the main road along Crete’s northern coast, local reports said. He had reached a stretch between Souda and Mournies, near Chania, when he tried to cross the road.
At that moment, a car travelling towards Chania hit him, and he suffered fatal injuries, reports said. A 47-year-old man was driving the car.
Police later arrested the driver. However, the circumstances of the Chania VOAK accident remain under investigation by the VOAK Traffic Police Station, reports said.
The authorities have not released the victim’s name.
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