One Dead, 12 Injured after Taxi Crashes into Bus Stop in Sofia
Crime | July 11, 2013, Thursday // 08:38| views
The serious traffic accident occurred around 8.20 pm on Wednesday at the bus stop in front of the "The Mall" shopping center on Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd. Photo by BGNES
A woman aged around 25 has died in hospital after the horrific crash on Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd in Sofia late on Wednesday.
According to reports of the Bulgarian National Television (BNT), the young woman was taken to the Sveta Anna hospital with a cervical fracture but the doctors did not manage to save her.
A six-year-old child with a head trauma and a rupture of the intestinal tract continues to be in serious condition; his/her mother has been stabilized.
A 27-year-old man with a pelvic fracture has undergone surgery and has had his spleen removed at the Pirogov hospital.
A 28-year-old woman with a light head trauma remains in hospital for checkups.
A 60-year-old man with a fracture in one of the bones of his right foot has refused admission to hospital and has been released after the application of the cast.
A 43-year-old woman with two broken ribs and injuries to the right wrist and the right foot and a 34-year-old woman with injuries to both feet and the left wrist, have been released from hospital.
The serious traffic accident occurred around 8.20 pm on Wednesday at the bus stop in front of the "The Mall" shopping center on Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd.
A taxi heading for the city center suffered a flat tire, spun out of control, and rammed into a bus stop full of people, leaving 12 injured.
Initial reports that the ambulance took 17 minutes to arrive to the site of the accident have been rejected, and the medics have been said to have taken 5 minutes to get to the site.
The taxi driver has been detained and is being questioned by the police.
The results of his alcohol testing are yet to be published.
According to unconfirmed reports, the taxi driver has a conviction for drink driving.
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