Driver tests positive for cocaine after crash on Petrohan pass

Police detained a driver who tested positive for cocaine after a crash on the Petrohan pass, the Montana regional police directorate said. Traffic through the pass was temporarily restricted, with cars using one lane.

Two cars collided yesterday at about 2:10pm just above the village of Barziya in Berkovitsa municipality. One driver is a 59-year-old man from the village of Tserkovski in Karnobat municipality. The other is 55 and from the village of Pokrayna in Vidin municipality.

Alcohol tests found nothing on either driver. The 55-year-old's drug test showed cocaine.

He was taken to hospital in Montana, where staff took a blood sample for lab tests. Police then held him for 24 hours at the district police station in Berkovitsa.

Pre-trial proceedings have started over the crash.

The other passengers from both cars are also in the Montana hospital. Doctors found various injuries.