Tragedy in Sunny Beach: Is the judicial system on life support while the victim's brain dies?

August 21, 2025, Burgas. The brain death of a 35-year-old woman, hit by an ATV in Sunny Beach, casts doubt on our entire judicial system. While media outlets report on the condition of the victim, who is being kept alive artificially, the public is left with troubling questions: What is happening to justice? Why is a young life about to be taken, while the perpetrator is under house arrest?

Our investigation plunges us into a shocking reality that is scarier than a movie. On August 14, 2025, an 18-year-old driving an ATV caused a serious accident. He hit a family with children who were on vacation. As a result of this incident, the 35-year-old mother fell into a critical condition. According to the latest data, her brain has ceased to function, and her heart is being kept alive artificially. At the same time, her 4-year-old son is also in a critical condition.

This tragedy is not just an accident, but a mirror of the shortcomings in justice. The victims' relatives have publicly expressed their outrage at the court's decision to place the perpetrator under house arrest. Their anger is justified. What message does the judicial system send when a crime with such serious consequences, threatening the lives of a mother and child, does not lead to the effective detention of the culprit? Is the judicial system itself on artificial life support, while society loses faith in its justice?

All major news outletsreport on the woman's condition, but no one asks the most important question: How can such injustice be allowed? While the relatives are fighting for the lives of their loved ones, the judicial system seems to be inactive, protecting the perpetrator instead of the victims. This case is not an isolated incident but a symptom of a deeper problem. Should we wait for the next tragedy for adequate measures to be taken? What is more important: the rights of the perpetrator or the lives of innocent victims?

While the mother's condition remains critical and her life is being sustained by machines, we, as a society, must ask ourselves: Are we ready to pay the price for this helplessness? Are we ready to let lawlessness reign while the judicial system crumbles before our eyes? Unfortunately, the answers are not comforting. For something to change, a civil society is needed to demand justice. Because, as we say, “justice is like the sun—it cannot be hidden behind the clouds for long.” But in this case, the clouds seem to be very thick.