Pedestrian killed near Ajdovščina. Four outlets, one sentence.

On Saturday, 3 October, shortly before 8 pm, a fatal traffic accident happened on the road between the village of Dolenje and Ajdovščina, a town in western Slovenia. According to the Slovenian Administration for Protection and Rescue, a 23-year-old driver of a passenger car hit a pedestrian who was walking on the roadway. The pedestrian died at the scene from severe injuries.

Firefighters from the Ajdovščina Fire and Rescue Centre helped the Ajdovščina emergency medical team and the police secure and light up the crash site. Despite the efforts of the rescuers, the pedestrian succumbed to the injuries at the scene.

"On Saturday at 19:40, on the road between the village of Dolenje and Ajdovščina in the municipality of Ajdovščina, a passenger vehicle hit a pedestrian who was walking on the roadway. The pedestrian died at the scene." (translated)

On Sunday morning, all four of the biggest online media outlets reported on the accident: 24ur, N1, Siol and Slovenske novice. Each summarised the same message from the Administration for Protection and Rescue; each dressed it in its own headline, as if without adding a single new piece of information. The pedestrian's age, the circumstances of the collision and the driver's possible responsibility remain unknown.

"More details about the circumstances of the collision, the age of the deceased pedestrian and the driver's possible responsibility are not known for now." (translated)

According to 24ur, in the last 24 hours police across Slovenia dealt with 94 traffic accidents. In 74 there was only property damage, in 13 the people involved were slightly injured and in six seriously injured. Only one was fatal. This one.

Four newsrooms, one protection and rescue administration, one dead pedestrian and nothing that people would not already have known on Saturday evening. The only difference between the articles is the headlines.