Five boys traveling in a car fell from a retaining wall into the waters of the Cherna River in Smolyan, BTA reported. The accident occurred nearly an hour ago on the ring road in the regional city. The car fell through a ceiling from a height of more than four meters. The passengers were transported by three ambulances to the Multi-profile Hospital for Active Treatment (MBAL) “Dr. Bratan Shukerov“ for examinations, said the director of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Senior Commissioner Tsvetan Tsankov.
He added that there were five young people in the car, with the driver having recently turned 18 and having obtained a license a month ago. The car was traveling along ul. “Petar Beron“, when after a turn it went off the road and fell through a ceiling into the river, knocking down the protective fence on the road.
The boys got out of the crushed car themselves and climbed a ladder on the retaining wall.
There are police on site, regulating traffic.