A 65-year-old driver from Varna died on the road between Aytos and Provadia, in Ruen municipality. His car hit two vehicles and fell into a ravine, the regional police directorate in Burgas said.
The crash happened on 6 November at about 5.40pm at km 84+700. Police say the driver of a Peugeot 306 with Pleven plates lost control and drove into the oncoming lane. There he hit an Audi A4, driven by a 20-year-old woman from Lyulyakovo, and then an Opel behind it, driven by a 71-year-old man from Aytos. Both cars have Burgas plates. The Peugeot left the road and rolled into a ravine beside it. Its driver died at the scene.
The Audi driver has a head injury and is being kept under observation at Deva Maria hospital. The Opel driver's 70-year-old wife is in the same hospital with a chest injury. Neither woman's life is in danger. The Opel driver was examined and released. He was not hurt.
A bulletin from the regional police directorate says there were 6 crashes in the Burgas area over the past three days. Police recorded 3 other crimes and solved 5.
The other crashes also happened on 6 November. At about 10.08am, a Volvo tractor unit with a semi-trailer overturned into a ditch on the road from the junction for checkpoint 5 of the Lukoil Neftochim refinery towards the village of Svoboda. The driver, a 28-year-old man from Burgas, lost control as he entered a left bend. The stretch is straight and has road signs. He has a chest bruise and is in Heart and Brain hospital. His life is not in danger.
At about 10.30am, a 73-year-old woman from Burgas was hit on a pedestrian crossing at the junction of Odrin and Kavala streets in Burgas. The driver of a Mercedes C 220, a 73-year-old Greek citizen, did not give way to her. She has a bruised left leg. After an examination at the University Hospital in Burgas, she was sent home for treatment.
At about 11.33am, at 34 Slavyanska Street in Burgas, a reversing Dacia Dokker with Sofia plates hit an 84-year-old woman. The car was driven by a 41-year-old man from Burgas. She has a fracture of the sinus bones of the face. She was examined at the University Hospital in Burgas but refused surgery and treatment.
In Ravda at about 6.10pm, a 71-year-old Belgian man who lives in the village fell from a personal electric vehicle at 10 Otets Paisiy Street. Police say he was riding too fast for the conditions. He is in Heart and Brain hospital with fractures of the nose, right sinus, right eye socket and a neck vertebra.
At about 7.13pm, a Peugeot 407 driven by a 19-year-old from Cherni Vrah hit a tree at km 207 of the Varna-Burgas road, heading towards Burgas. The passenger, an 18-year-old from the same village, has minor injuries. After an examination at Heart and Brain, he was sent home for treatment.
On 7 November, police detained two drivers who had used methamphetamine. At about 4.35am in Aytos, officers stopped a 21-year-old man from Ruen in a Seat Leon. At about 2.00pm in Pomorie, they stopped a 24-year-old man from Poroy in a Renault Laguna. Police seized both cars and opened 2 fast-track proceedings against the drivers.
On 5 November, two bicycles worth a total of €1,200 were stolen from the underground car park of the Cascadas complex in the Chayka district of Nessebar. Police detained a 47-year-old German man who lives in the same complex. The bikes belong to two Ukrainian women with temporary protection.
In a Ford Transit van with Burgas plates, which the German had been driving, officers found and seized many bicycles, including the two stolen ones, and many other items. The German says the items are stolen, and their owners are still being sought.