The immediate cause of death of a young man (29) and a girl (19) who were found in a car parked in a building under construction in Kostajnica is intoxication or suffocation with carbon monoxide, said the director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the Republika Srpska (RS), Zeljko Karan.
“Examination and autopsy of the bodies did not reveal any injuries or traces of violence. The immediate cause of death is suffocation with carbon monoxide which happened in a closed garage and with a car engine that was in operation, ” Karan explained for agency Srna.
Karan said samples were taken in case any additional tests needed to be done.
An autopsy of the bodies was performed yesterday at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the RS in Banja Luka.
The police station in Kostajnica was informed on Saturday at 7.40 a.m. that two bodies had been found.
The investigation was conducted on Saturday by officials of the Prijedor Police Administration from the Criminal Police Sector and the duty prosecutor of the Prijedor District Public Prosecutor’s Office.
The immediate cause of death of a young man (29) and a girl (19) who were found in a car parked in a building under construction in Kostajnica is intoxication or suffocation with carbon monoxide, said the director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the Republika Srpska (RS), Zeljko Karan.
“Examination and autopsy of the bodies did not reveal any injuries or traces of violence. The immediate cause of death is suffocation with carbon monoxide which happened in a closed garage and with a car engine that was in operation, ” Karan explained for agency Srna.
Karan said samples were taken in case any additional tests needed to be done.
An autopsy of the bodies was performed yesterday at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the RS in Banja Luka.
The police station in Kostajnica was informed on Saturday at 7.40 a.m. that two bodies had been found.
The investigation was conducted on Saturday by officials of the Prijedor Police Administration from the Criminal Police Sector and the duty prosecutor of the Prijedor District Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Yesterday was declared as the Day of Mourning in Kostajnica due to the tragic death of two young people from the area of this municipality.
