The case of the accident in Svoge of 2018 in which 20 people died continues with the questioning of witnesses . The incident happened on August 25, 2018.
The indictment was returned three times to the prosecutor's office due to discovered committed violations. The defendant is the driver of the bus that turned, Grigor Grigorov, and five others - Biser Ivanov, Svetoslav Trifonov, Ivan Ivanov, Stella Popnikolova and Michaela Tomova, BTA recalls.
The charges are for negligent causing death to more than one person and bodily injury to others in the crash. Grigor Grigorov is accused of causing the death of 20 people and physical injuries to ten others as a result of an accident while driving a vehicle.
Lidia Filipova, who was riding the bus, said that the singing group was returning from a performance. It was raining and there was water on the road. The vehicle was moving on an incline.
At one point I felt a thump and the bus swerved. Immediately after that, we ended up in the ravine, Filipova said.
She remembered she was taken to the hospital in about five to 10 minutes.
Filipova said that the brakes of the bus were working, and two cars were moving in the opposite lane. She stated that she did not look for a seat belt
The prosecutor's office claims that the accident happened on wet pavement after the bus entered oncoming traffic. That's how he crashed into two cars. Then he crashed into the guardrail, went through it and entered the side ramp. There he overturned and stopped in the ravine.
The vehicle was traveling at 53.5 km/h. Thus, according to the prosecution, at this speed the driver did not have the opportunity to turn without entering the oncoming lane. This was only possible if he complied with the maximum permissible speed of 40 km/h. The investigators also have complaints about the quality of the road surface in the area of the accident.
The materials in the case are about 270 volumes, more than 100 witnesses were questioned, there are also conclusions of dozens of experts.