DROVE WILDLY WITH 1.42 PROMILLE: Drunk Croatian general crashed into two cars and seriously injured a woman!

Retired General Miljenko Filipović caused a traffic accident yesterday in Zaprešić while under the influence of alcohol, in which a 56-year-old female driver was seriously injured, Index reported today.

Following the accident, Filipović resigned as president of the HDZ Veterans’ Community “Gojko Šušak,” HDZ spokesperson Zoltan Kabok confirmed. He did not answer the question of whether Filipović would remain a party member.

The police had previously announced, without naming him, that a 61-year-old driver had 1.42 promille of alcohol in his blood. According to Index, this was precisely Filipović.

During overtaking, he hit two cars

The accident occurred yesterday at around 8:25 p.m. Filipović was driving a “Mitsubishi” with Zagreb license plates. He moved into the traffic lane intended for vehicles traveling in the opposite direction. During overtaking, he failed to maintain the required distance and hit a “Mercedes” driven by an 89-year-old man.

After overtaking, he did not return to his traffic lane but collided with an “Alfa Romeo” driven in the opposite direction by a 56-year-old woman.

The force of the collision sent the “Alfa Romeo” and “Mitsubishi” onto the curb, while the “Mercedes” hit a metal trash bin.

Woman seriously injured

The woman driving the “Alfa Romeo” was seriously injured and received medical treatment at a hospital.

Filipović suffered minor injuries.

Who is Miljenko Filipović?

Miljenko Filipović was born in 1965 in Tomislavgrad, and before the war in Croatia he was a member of the French Foreign Legion. At the beginning of the war, he returned to Croatia, where he became deputy commander and then commander of the special unit “Bojna Zrinski,” and later commander of the First Croatian Guards Corps.

Filipović had been at the head of the HDZ Veterans’ Community “Gojko Šušak” since 2014, and was re-elected to the position in November 2025. It had previously been reported that he was close to Tomislav Karamarko.