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One Killed, Many Injured in Mount Athos Truck Accident
World | August 25, 2009, Tuesday // 08:38
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Sveti Pavel is one of the 20 Monasteries of Mount Athos in North Eastern Greece, near the Bulgarian border. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency
One pilgrim has died and 17 have been injured when the back of a truck they were traveling on came unattached close to Sveti Pavel Monastery in Athos, Greece.
Local police sources stated that two of the injured have been taken to hospital by plane to Thessalonica. The two seriously injured men are said to be a Syrian and a Cypriot.
The group of 25 men who had been on the truck had been on a trip to visit the 1000-year-old monastery Sveti Pavel when the tragedy occurred.
Sveti Pavel is one of the 20 Monasteries of Mount Athos in North Eastern Greece, near the Bulgarian border.
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