A woman has died and three are in danger of life after yesterday's crash on the Asenovgrad - Smolyan road, the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Plovdiv announced. Traffic on the road was temporarily suspended, with detours being used through Krichim and Kardzhali.
The police received the report of the crash at around 3:00 p.m. According to preliminary information, a passenger car entered the oncoming lane and hit a passenger car. The 66-year-old driver of the first car and three of his passengers - a 65-year-old man and two women aged 62 and 71 - were seriously injured in the head-on collision. During her transportation to the hospital, the younger of the passengers died.
In the other car, driven by a 44-year-old man, were a 42-year-old woman and a 10-year-old child. All three suffered minor injuries, and after receiving medical attention, they were released for home treatment.
The driver's alcohol and drug tests were negative. The causes of the serious accident are being investigated in pre-trial proceedings.