2 Bulgarian Police Officers Perish in Mysterious Car Crash

Two Bulgarian police officers have died in a mysterious car crash in northwestern Bulgaria. Photo by BGNES

Two Bulgarian policemen died overnight in a car crash in the northwestern Municipality of Hairedin.

The accident happened shortly after midnight as their police car was discovered to have hit a roadside tree.

The driver, 40-year-old Valeri Gavrilov from the town of Kozloduy died immediately; his partner, 41-year-old Ivaylo Zahariev died later in the hospital in the town of Oryahovo.

The two officers were covering a night shift from 9:30 pm until 6:30 am in the Hairedin Municipality, which consists of six villages. The causes of the mysterious crash are under investigation.

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