A tire driver, who caused the death of another driver near Tsar Kaloyan by negligence and fled the scene, received an effective sentence. The Razgrad District Court found 44-year-old J.M. guilty. a native of Pazardzhik, for violating traffic rules and carelessly causing the death of a 56-year-old man from Isperih, the court announced.
The criminal proceedings were heard under the terms of a summary trial, with the defendant fully admitting the facts and circumstances set forth in the indictment.
The accident happened at the beginning of October 2022 on the road Ruse – Varna. The driver of the tractor with an attached trailer from Pazardzhik was traveling in the direction of Razgrad. At the bends before Tsar Kaloyan, he hit the oncoming Mercedes driven by the man from Isperih with the back of the truck, then continued without stopping. As a result of the accident and the many injuries received, the driver of the passenger car died later in the hospital in Razgrad. The companion of the deceased driver was also taken to the Razgrad hospital, but escaped without serious injuries.
Later, the truck was stopped on the Targovishte ring road, where the driver was tested for alcohol and drugs, and then detained. His field drug test revealed the use of the narcotic substance methadone.
From the conclusion of the appointed forensic chemical examination for the detection of drugs in the blood of Y.M. it becomes clear that the presence of narcotic substances or their metabolites was not detected in the examined biological sample.
For the crime committed, the three-member panel of the Razgrad District Court sentenced the truck driver to a six-year prison term, which reduced by a third to four years the prison term he would have served under the original general regime. The defendant is also deprived of the right to drive a motor vehicle for a period of five years, added the District Court in Razgrad.
The sentence is subject to appeal or protest.
