Prominent journalist Milen Tsvetkov, 53, was killed in a road accident on Easter Sunday in Sofia.
Tsvetkov's car which had been waiting at a traffic light was hit from behind by an Audi Q7 four-wheel drive driven by a 22-year-old man who subsequently tested positive for cannabis
and amphetamines.
Bulgarians flooded social media on Monday to accuse authorities of a lax attitude to alcohol- and drug-impaired driving after a popular TV journalist was killed when his car was rammed by another vehicle running a red light at high speed.
The social media uproar over the death of Tsvetkov, one of Bulgaria’s most prominent TV presenters, underscored growing public concern over Bulgaria’s road fatality rate, the highest in the 27-nation European Union.
A total of 623 people were killed in car accidents in 2019, and 611 deaths the previous year, Interior Ministry data show. Last year 8,482 people were injured in road accidents.
