The section of "Vazkresenie" Blvd., where Viktor Iliev crashed into a bus at 170 km/h, is often used as a track and for testing cars and motorcycles. Residents of the capital in this area are often woken up by engines revving, reports Nova TV, quoted by "Focus"
In the early hours of Friday, 21-year-old Viktor crashed his car into a public transport bus in Sofia at the intersection of "Vazkresenie" Blvd. and "Konstantin Velichkov" Blvd. A doctor from Syria died in the incident and six were injured. On Sunday, the Sofia City Court remanded Viktor in custody.
The stretch between the two traffic lights is about 300 m and is driven on sheet metal and gas, with dirty gas, explained a resident of the area. A few years ago, a truck with olives overturned and the oil on the road was additionally used for drifting.
We have called more than once, but they say there is nothing they can do, said a resident of Sofia. There has been a massive police presence for two days, but someone has to die for them to remember, he added. And he added that unique accidents occur in the area. Some time ago, a car tried to pass through two trams and got stuck.
On the fatal night, when Viktor's car crashed into the bus, the noise from the impact was more like an explosion and a bomb exploding than a collision between two cars.
We are used to it, there is almost no night when we don't hear speeding, drifting, racing and racing. Two months ago, a car was even parked in front of the entrance to a nearby block of flats, which was hit after a race, residents of the neighborhood said.
Every month or two, parts of the guardrail are replaced because of cars that have crashed into it. Fragments of the guardrail can even be seen in the riverbed.