Tag: durmo
Macedonia 23.03.21 | 13:12

Owner of company involved in the tragic 2019 bus crash blames everything on the driver

Durmish Beluli, owner of the Durmo Tours company whose bus was involved in the major 2019 accident on the Skopje – Tetovo highway which killed 16 passengers and injured 37, tried to lay the blame entirely on the driver. Beluli is charged along with the driver Manoel Trifunovski and technicians...

Macedonia 11.11.19 | 13:59

Driver for the Durmo Tours company withdraws his statement that the buses were rigged to fool the speed sensors

Besnik Halimi, a driver working for the Gostivar based Durmo Tours bus agency, changed his initial testimony in which he confirmed that the buses had a device used to fool the speed sensors during the court hearing today. The device could be activated by the driver and it would tamper with the results...

Macedonia 14.03.19 | 11:03

Public Prosecutor to present information on the Laskarci bus crash

Public Prosecutor, Sasho Rajcev, will present Thursday at a press conference information on the investigation into the bus accident near the village of Laskarci. 15 people were killed in the bus crash that occurred on February 13 this year around 17:00 h near the village of Laskarci. The bus of the company...

Macedonia 19.02.19 | 10:55

4.500 euros for the injured and 9.000 euros for family of victims in the Durmo bus accident

The director of the Eurosig insurance company, where the Durmo Tours bus was insured, called on the families of victims, as well as the injured passengers to submit documentation as soon as possible for the company to pay out. I urged the families to submit documentation as soon as possible. After three...

Macedonia 15.02.19 | 20:49

Mobile phone of driver of ill-fated bus handed over for analysis

The mobile phone of Mane Trifunovski, the driver of the ill-fated bus that crashed on the Skopje-Tetovo highway, killing14 people, was handed over to the Prosecutor’s Office to investigate whether it was used at the time of the accident, TV21 reports. The Prosecutor’s Office through the...

Macedonia 15.02.19 | 16:48

Owner of bus operator Durmo to provide help, instead of putting the blame solely on the driver

If he feels, as the owner of bus operator Durmo Tours says, moral responsibility, he can shut up and help the injured and their families, and not speculate what the cause of the accident was, to say that the bus was in good condition, and to put the blame on the driver, the former head of the SDSM Communications...

Macedonia 15.02.19 | 15:02

Beluli’s buses were being tested in a company also owned by him – authorities see no problem in this

Durmis Beluli, owner of the Durmo bus company whose vehicle slid off the Skopje – Tetovo highway on Wednesday killing 14, confirmed that he was testing the vehicles in a facility also owned by him. The issue whether the bus was appropriately tested was raised by Republika, after it was revealed...

Macedonia 15.02.19 | 13:33

Passengers refuse to take a bus from Gostivar after it displayed mechanical issues

Passengers in Gostivar refused to take Durmo company bus on Friday after a wheel on the bus jammed and dragged on the road for a short while. The bus had already left the station, but once the malfunction appeared, all passengers left the vehicle, Alfa TV reported. The city of Gostivar remains in shock...

Macedonia 14.02.19 | 17:38

Bus operator “Durmo” also owns a mechanical test facility, allowing it to avoid independent inspections

The “Durmo” bus company, which operated the Skopje – Gostivar line which ended in tragedy yesterday afternoon, also owns a certified mechanical test facility in Gostivar. Republika attempted to determine today whether the company is using its own facility for the mandatory annual mechanical...

Macedonia 14.02.19 | 16:38

Bus driver was not intoxicated, prosecutors examining whether he may have been using a cell phone at the time of the crash

Prosecutors informed that the driver who was operating the bus which crashed on Wednesday with tragic loss of life was not intoxicated. The Durmo company bus was 18 years old and had only recently completed its latest mechanical check and was cleared for commutes in January. After being left on the crash...