A child in a wheelchair was involved in an accident in a resort town - two people have been detained.

Last night, a signal was received at the duty part of the Police Station in Velingrad about a traffic accident in the city. An auto patrol team was immediately sent to the scene, which found that a 19-year-old woman, driving a BMW car, first hit a parked car and then a minor child in a wheelchair. Fortunately, there were no serious injuries in the incident.

The driver and her 24-year-old passenger stopped briefly, but then left the scene and hid. The police officers quickly formed a team, which, with the help of witnesses to the incident, found that the owner of the car is a 24-year-old man from Velingrad, who entrusted the car's operation to his 19-year-old girlfriend. Both of them have a criminal record and are known to the authorities.

The police were able to contact the girl's mother, and today they voluntarily appeared at the police station building. The young man and his girlfriend are being held in custody for 24 hours, and pre-trial proceedings have been initiated against them. The work on the case continues under the supervision of the District Prosecutor's Office in Pazardzhik.