A loaded freight train has run over a teenage couple near the town of Brusartsi in Bulgaria’s north-west Montana region, killing the girl outright and critically injuring the boy.

The pair were going through a bad patch together, and deliberately laid down on the tracks in front of the train on Sunday evening, according to the police.

The 16-year-old girl, identified only as A.D, was from the village of Knyajeva Mahala, while her 15-year-old partner, T.P., lived in Dinkovo village, in the Rujinsti municipality.

The teenage boy sustained brain and skull injuries and broken bones. He was transferred to Lom hospital, where he remains unconscious, according to a spokesperson from the Bulgarian Interior Ministry.

Preliminary legal proceedings have been initiated against the train driver, a 35-year-old from Vidin, the police report.

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