A young woman died early on Thursday after she was hit by a public transport bus on a busy intersection downtown Sofia. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)
A young woman died early on Thursday after she was hit by a public transport bus on a busy intersection downtown Sofia.
The tragic incident happened when the bus was making a right turn on Vasil Levski boulevard in the capital.
According to witnesses, the woman was crushed by the back of the long vehicle as she slipped on the wet pavement and the driver could not see her.
Authorities are investigating the case and there is no official statement of the reasons behind the accident yet.
On Thursday morning, another woman was hit by car downtown Sofia near the parliament, suffering bad injuries, police reported.