Girl Still in Coma after Crash with Bulgaria's Top Skater Staviiski

Crime | August 7, 2007, Tuesday // 00:00

The 18-year-old girl, who was heavily wounded in the car accident caused by the Bulgarian ice dancing world champion Maxim Staviiski will be transported to the Sofia Military medical Academy later on Tuesday.

The victim Manuela Gorsova, is still in coma and her condition is critical, the head of the Burgas Hospital said.

Her diagnosis is severe cranial trauma with a brain swelling. Her doctors did not dare to further comment Manuela's condition, but said that in a case of brain swelling the first 72 hours are critical.

The good news is that her organs and vital systems did not suffer any serious injuries.

The condition of the other two people involved in the crash - the 19-year-old Yoana Shopova and the 17-year-old Valentin Petrov, the brother of the man, killed in the crash, is stable.

The drunk driving crash, between Staviiski's Hummer sport utility vehicle and two cars, occurred late Sunday on a bridge near the Black Sea city of Burgas.

Staviiski veered into the opposite lane and bumped headlong into a Honda Civic with four people riding in it.

If found guilty, Maxim faces up to ten years behind bars.

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