A stop at a police checkpoint at the Skopje ring-road ended fatally for the passenger from Gostivar today. The police stopped a speeding BMW with Gostivar licence plates, and as they were talking with the driver, a truck plowed into the back of the stopped car which burst into fire.

A passenger inside the car was killed, and the driver and the two officers were injured in the crash.

Police had the driver of the truck arrested and are testing him to see if he has been impaired.