{"id":40347,"date":"2022-08-02T15:15:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T13:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=40347"},"modified":"2022-08-02T15:15:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T13:15:34","slug":"speedboat-kills-5-year-old-boy-on-potam-beach-in-himara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/speedboat-kills-5-year-old-boy-on-potam-beach-in-himara\/","title":{"rendered":"Speedboat kills 5-year-old boy on Potam beach in Himara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 5-year-old boy has died today on the beach of Potam, in Himare, after being hit head-on by a speedboat steering too close to the shoreline.<\/p>\n<p>The police said that the incident happened around 14:00 when the citizen A. T., driving a motor-type speedboat, allegedly lost control over the boat and as a result crashed into the 5-year-old child, who due to injuries died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe driver of the boat has been escorted to the Himara Police Station and the procedures for his arrest are being carried out as we speed&#8221;, the police reported.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third time this summer that there have been incidents with speedboats on Albanian beaches.<\/p>\n<p>In July, a couple was hit by an inflatable speedboat on the beach of Jala, as the boat tried to go ashore. As a result, the couple who was there on holiday, Agostin Sefa, 31 years old and E. GJ., 25 years old, received injuries.<\/p>\n<p>2 days later another speedboat hit a 7-year-old child. 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