Driving under the influence

Dramatic Collision in Varna: Drugged Driver Strikes Traffic Police Patrol Car

An incident in Varna: a driver under the influence of drugs collided with a traffic police patrol car, leaving officers injured and causing a significant commotion. The collision unfolded on one of Varna's bustling boulevards, "Vasil Levski," just before the roundabout with "Slivnitsa" boulevard, and has left the community in shock.

Bulgaria: Drunk Driver Killed a Child near Dolna Mitropolia

A 4-year-old girl died after an accident in Pleven region, the Ministry of the Interior reports. The accident happened around 21:35 last night on a third-class road after the village of Opanec in the direction of the town of Dolna Mitropolia.

The 30-year-old driver of the car in which the child was traveling lost control, the car left the roadway and hit a roadside tree.

After another Death of a Child on the Road - Protest at the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior tonight

After another tragedy with a killed child on a pedestrian walkway, a protest is organized tonight, demanding justice and tighter control of violators on the road. Relatives of those killed in crashes will gather at 6:00 p.m. in front of the Ministry of Interior, a few meters from the place where a drunk driver killed 15-year-old Philip on Saturday night.

Bulgaria: Maximum Sentence of 5 to 12 years in Prison for Road Death in Particularly Severe Cases

The National Assembly increased the penalties for road deaths, setting a maximum sentence of 5 to 12 years in prison in particularly serious cases. With the finally adopted amendments to the Penal Code, the deputies recorded that if the death was caused after the use of alcohol and drugs in particularly severe cases, the punishment is imprisonment from 10 to 20 years.

Traffic fines not deterrent enough: Experts

The need for deterrent penalties on excessive speeding has once again been emphasized by experts since 1,345 people lost their lives in traffic accidents during the past six months.

Thousands of traffic accidents occur every year in the country, mainly caused by excessive speed, carelessness, disobeying the rules and similar reasons.

Bulgaria: A Drunk Driver fell into a Ditch in an attempt to Escape a Police Check

A drunk driver was arrested after trying to avoid a police check.

Minutes after midnight today, a patrol car in Trud issued a signal to stop a car passing through the village with a stop light. However, the driver did not obey and continued in the direction of Plovdiv.

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