Mourning for Vassilis Mantzouranis who was killed yesterday – He was a member of the famous Greek band “Western Districts”

The 53-year-old who lost his life in the traffic accident that occurred on Saturday night (16.11.2024) in Thessaloniki was a member of the Western Districts group.

The reason for Vassilis Mantzouranis who had founded together with Kostas Mylosis the band Dytikis Synoikies and was killed instantly in a traffic accident in Thessaloniki.

From the traffic accident in the center of Thessaloniki, the 53-year-old father lost his cool, while six people were injured, including 5 minors, among them his two 16-year-old children.

Under unclear circumstances, the car driven by the 53-year-old collided head-on with another car, at the junction of Egnatia and Lagada streets.

The friends of Yiannis Mantzouranis cannot believe in his loss and since Sunday morning (17.11.2024) they have been saying goodbye to him on social media.

“The other driver ran a red light”

A shocked friend of Vassilis Manzouranis, speaking to newsit.gr, explained how the fatal traffic accident happened.

“Bassilis was moving normally in his current. The other was on October 26th, which normally does not cross the street. But in order to be able to do so, he also violated the red light, stepped on the gas and sped off and hit Vassilis. At that time he had gone to the center of Thessaloniki to pick up his children who were there and to return home.

Two of his children’s friends were also with him. Fortunately the children are fine, of course as fine as they can be since they saw their father in this condition. I still can’t believe it. A while ago we had met and were laughing. It’s one of those things you can’t believe. He was such a good kid but unfortunately very unlucky.”

The Western Districts were a Greek rock band. It was created in Thessaloniki in April 1996 by childhood friends Kostas Mylosis and Vassilis Mantzouranis. The band’s name comes from the western districts of the city where its members grew up and lived.

In 2001, they released their first album, titled Tis Iridas ta parveta, which was successful with songs such as Summer Dates and Tell Me Why.

Their second album entitled Makria sou was released in 2003 and reached 15,000 sales. After 13 years of running and 4 records, the group stopped its activities in 2009.