# Car belonging to Zukorlić's party hits minor in Mur

Category: Above the law  
Period: from 18 Apr 2025  
Outcome: Indictment filed (as of 22 Sep 2025)  

On 18 April 2025, a Mercedes belonging to the Party of Justice and Reconciliation of minister Usame Zukorlić veered off the road while overtaking a line of vehicles in Mur near Novi Pazar and hit an underage pedestrian, who suffered multiple fractures and head injuries. According to Sandžak Danas, the driver was detained and soon released, and the prosecutor's office charged him only after footage of the crash was published; the SPP denies that the car was part of Zukorlić's escort. According to the same portal, an indictment against the driver was filed in September 2025, and what happened to the case after that has not been made public.

## The crash in Mur

In the village of Mur near Novi Pazar, at around 19h on 18 April 2025, a Mercedes belonging to the Justice and Reconciliation Party (SPP), the party of minister without portfolio Usame Zukorlić, veered off the road while overtaking a column of vehicles and hit an underage pedestrian standing on a widened stretch of the road.

The boy suffered multiple fractures and head injuries and underwent surgery twice. The car was driven by a 22-year-old man from Tutin.

## Driver released, police silent

According to Sandžak Danas, the driver was detained and soon released, and the case was not referred to prosecutors; the police said nothing for two days. Citing unofficial sources, the same outlet reported that the car had been part of Zukorlić's escort. The SPP denied this, saying a party driver had lent the car to a third party without permission.

Only after footage of the crash was published did the Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Pazar announce on 22 April that the driver had been charged with a serious offence against public traffic safety and ordered held for up to 48 hours.

## Zukorlić and the residents' blockades

Zukorlić confirmed that an official car of his ministry had also been in the column, but said he himself had not been in any of the cars; he said he had hired “those guys”, that he was not running from responsibility and that his resignation was “always on the table”.

The injured boy's father says no one from the party has called him. Residents of Mur blocked the road towards Montenegro three Fridays in a row.

## Indictment against the driver

According to Sandžak Danas, the prosecutor's office indicted the driver on 22 September 2025 for a serious offence against public traffic safety. What has happened in the proceedings since has not been made public.

## Collision with a police vehicle

In August 2025, an SPP Audi Q7 with expired registration, belonging to the SPP, hit a traffic police vehicle in central Novi Pazar; according to unofficial information from local media, it was being driven by Zukorlić, who left before the on-site investigation was over.

On Facebook he admitted to a traffic violation, wrote that he “never runs away” and said his driving licence had expired three years earlier. The police made no statement on the matter.

## Participants

- [Usame Zukorlić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/usame-zukorlic): Allegedly hit a police vehicle with a party Audi; the next day he admitted to a traffic violation and that his licence had expired three years earlier (responsible)
- [Party of Justice and Reconciliation](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/spp): Its Mercedes struck an underage pedestrian in Mur; the injured boy's father says no one from the party called him afterwards (responsible)
- [Novi Pazar Police Department](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/pu-novi-pazar): Detained the driver and soon released him, and said nothing about the crash for two days (investigation and courts)
- [Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Pazar](https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/ojt-novi-pazar): Four days after the crash it ordered the driver held for up to 48 hours, and in September 2025 it filed an indictment (investigation and courts)
- [Husein Memić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/husein-memic): After the footage was published, he called for an urgent response from the authorities, and repeated to Mur residents the promise of roadworks first made in 2022. (commented on the case)

## Sources

- [Sandžak Danas: More on the serious road accident in Novi Pazar: Tutin driver overtook across a solid line and hit an underage pedestrian](<https://www.sandzakdanas.rs/opsirnije-o-teskoj-saobracajnoj-nesreci-u-novom-pazaru-tutinac-preticao-preko-pune-linije-i-udario-maloljetnog-pjesaka/>): 19 Apr 2025
- [Sandžak Danas: Novi Pazar: Car from Minister Zukorlić's motorcade hits boy – Why did no one stop](<https://www.sandzakdanas.rs/novi-pazar-vozilo-iz-pratnje-ministra-zukorlica-udarilo-djecaka-zasto-niko-nije-stao-uznemirujuci-snimak/>): 20 Apr 2025
- [RTV Novi Pazar: Novi Pazar police silent on traffic accident in Mur](<https://rtvnp.rs/2025/04/21/novopazarska-policija-nema-na-saobracajnu-nezgodu-u-muru/187163>): 21 Apr 2025
- [Nova.rs: As if they threw a stone and walked away: Father speaks out after his son was hit by a car from Zukorlić's motorcade in Novi Pazar](<https://nova.rs/vesti/hronika/kao-da-su-kamen-bacili-i-otisli-oglasio-se-otac-decaka-iz-novog-pazara-kojeg-je-udarilo-vozilo-iz-pratnje-zukorlica/>): 22 Apr 2025
- [N1: Car from Zukorlić's party hits minor near Novi Pazar - teenager seriously injured](<https://n1info.rs/vesti/vozilo-iz-zukorliceve-pratnje-udarilo-maloletnika-kod-novog-pazara-tinejdzer-tesko-povredjen/>): 21 Apr 2025
- [Sandžak Danas: EXCLUSIVE: Sandžak Danas learns – Driver who hit minor was detained, then soon released!](<https://www.sandzakdanas.rs/ekskluzivno-sandzak-danas-saznaje-vozac-koji-je-udario-maloljetnika-priveden-pa-ubrzo-pusten-na-slobodu/>): 21 Apr 2025
- [RTV Novi Pazar: Unofficial: Driver who hit boy in Mur detained but quickly released](<https://rtvnp.rs/2025/04/21/nezvanicno-vozac-koji-je-udario-decaka-u-muru-priveden-ali-brzo-pusten-na-slobodu/187190>): 21 Apr 2025
- [Sandžak Danas: Urgent investigation demanded over Mur accident: Who hit Samed Alić and why are the police silent?](<https://www.sandzakdanas.rs/reakcija-ministra-memica-zatrazena-hitna-istraga-zbog-nesrece-u-muru-ko-je-udario-sameda-alica-i-zasto-policija-suti/>): 21 Apr 2025
- [Sandžak Danas: Injured boy's father heartbroken: They didn't even stop to help, no one from the SPP called](<https://www.sandzakdanas.rs/slomljen-otac-povrijedjenog-djecaka-nisu-ni-stali-da-pomognu-niko-iz-spp-a-nije-nazvao-neka-ih-allah-kazni/>): 21 Apr 2025
- [Sandžak Live: Man (21) who drove Minister Zukorlić's party car and hit boy in Novi Pazar ordered held in custody](<https://sandzaklive.rs/novi-pazar/hronika/odredeno-zadrzavanje-muskarcu-21-koji-je-vozio-automobil-stranke-ministra-zukorlica-u-novom-pazaru/>): 22 Apr 2025
- [Danas: Driver who hit 17-year-old in Novi Pazar with SPP official car ordered held for up to 48 hours](<https://www.danas.rs/vesti/drustvo/vozacu-koji-je-sluzbenim-autom-spp-naleteo-na-17-godisnjaka-u-novom-pazaru-odredjeno-zadrzavanje-do-48-sati/>): 22 Apr 2025
- [Nova.rs: Driver from Zukorlić's party who hit and seriously injured teenager ordered held in custody](<https://nova.rs/vesti/hronika/odredjeno-zadrzavanje-vozacu-iz-pratnje-zukorlica-koji-je-autom-udario-tinejdzera-i-tesko-ga-povredio/>): 22 Apr 2025
- [RTV Novi Pazar: Zukorlić admitted after four days that his vehicle was involved in the crash](<https://rtvnp.rs/2025/04/22/zukorlic-spp-doveli-su-me-u-zabludu-ne-bezim-od-odgovornosti/187244>): 22 Apr 2025
- [Sandžak Danas: Usame Zukorlić: The scene in Mur goes against everything I stand for – drivers fired, responsibility accepted](<https://www.sandzakdanas.rs/video-usame-zukorlic-slika-iz-mura-je-suprotna-svemu-za-sta-se-zalazem-vozaci-otpusteni-odgovornost-prihvacena/>): 22 Apr 2025
- [N1: Novi Pazar residents announce blockades of the road to Montenegro over frequent traffic accidents](<https://n1info.rs/vesti/gradjani-novog-pazara-najavili-blokade-puta-ka-crnoj-gori-zbog-cestih-saobracajnih-nesreca/>): 25 Apr 2025
- [Danas: Protest in Novi Pazar: Residents block road to demand safe roads](<https://www.danas.rs/vesti/drustvo/protest-novi-pazar-putevi/>): 2 May 2025
- [Beta: Novi Pazar: New protest over unresolved traffic problems](<https://beta.rs/content/224370-novi-pazar-novi-protest-zbog-neresenih-saobracajnih-problema>): 9 May 2025
- [Sandžak Danas: Indictment against E.T. (22): SPP official car hit a minor in Mur](<https://www.sandzakdanas.rs/optuznica-protiv-e-t-22-sluzbeni-automobil-spp-a-u-muru-udario-maloljetnika/>): 22 Sep 2025
- [RTV Novi Pazar: Minister Zukorlić hits traffic police vehicle in unregistered Audi, then flees](<https://rtvnp.rs/2025/08/07/ministar-zukorlic-neregistrovanim-audijem-udario-vozilo-saobracajne-policije-pa-pobegao/192053>): 7 Aug 2025
- [RTV Novi Pazar: Minister Zukorlić drove without registration or a licence, then boasted about it on Facebook](<https://rtvnp.rs/2025/08/08/ministar-zukorlic-vozio-bez-registracije-i-dozvole-pa-se-javno-pohvalio-na-fejsbuku/192087>): 8 Aug 2025
- [Sandžak Danas: DRAMA IN NOVI PAZAR: Usame Zukorlić hits police vehicle, then flees](<https://www.sandzakdanas.rs/drama-u-novom-pazaru-usame-zukorlic-udario-policijsko-vozilo-pa-pobjegao/>): 7 Aug 2025
- [Sandžak Danas: Usame Zukorlić PUBLICLY ADMITS: Drove for three years without a licence or registration and hit a police vehicle](<https://www.sandzakdanas.rs/usame-zukorlic-javno-priznao-tri-godine-vozio-bez-dozvole-registracije-i-udario-policijsko-vozilo/>): 8 Aug 2025

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Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/spp-automobil-mur  
As of: 4 Nov 2026  
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