Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov and the Inspectorate of the Interior Ministry have ordered investigations into allegations related to an August 17 collision between a Mercedes driven by President Roumen Radev’s father and a motorised wheelchair driven by a man with disabilities.
News of the collision, in the town of Harmanli, broke on August 25, along with the posting online of a video of the accident.
The accident had not been recorded in the daily bulletin of the Interior Ministry.
In the video, the car driven by Georgi Radev (81) is seen colliding in a traffic circle with the motorised wheelchair driven by a Stefcho Todorov. The motorised wheelchair was already in the traffic circle when Radev’s Mercedes entered it.
The collision knocked over Todorov and the wheelchair. Todorov is seen to get up and apparently protested against the driver of the Mercedes.
Police arrived followed by an ambulance. Todorov is then put into the ambulance on a stretcher.
Bulgarian media reports alleged that neither Radev nor Todorov were tested for alcohol or drugs.
Bulgarian media alleged that Todorov had said on August 17 that he intended lodging a complaint about the actions of police at the scene, but on August 18 told police that he would not be lodging a complaint.
The head of the Interior Ministry regional office in Haskovo, Angel Tsankov, told a Bulgarian television station that the accident had not been included in the ministry’s daily bulletin because no one had been injured.
On August 25 it was announced that the Interior Ministry Inspectorate is to investigate the actions of police and traffic police at the scene.
(sofiaglobe.com)
Why did the small accident in Harmanli that was not even reflected in the regular police bulletin, caused such anxiety?
Political analysis by Plamen Asenov.
