Road Agency decides to remove guardrails on Plovdiv Ring Road
Translated from Bulgarian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- The Road Agency has decided to remove guardrails on a section of the Plovdiv Ring Road.
- The decision follows a fatal accident on November 25 where a mother, father, and their 14-year-old daughter died.
- The accident occurred in a segment between kilometer 0 and kilometer 14.
The Road Agency has opted to remove guardrails along a specific stretch of the Plovdiv Ring Road, covering the section from kilometer 0 to kilometer 14. This decision comes in the wake of a tragic head-on collision that claimed the lives of a mother, father, and their 14-year-old daughter on November 25.
The fatal incident involved a car colliding with a truck in the aforementioned segment. The removal of the guardrails is a direct response to the accident, aiming to prevent similar tragedies in the future. The specifics of the accident, including the exact circumstances leading to the head-on collision between the car and the truck, are central to the agency's reassessment of safety measures on this part of the road.
While the article does not detail the exact reasoning behind the guardrails' removal, it implies a safety concern that the agency believes will be addressed by their absence. The focus remains on the tragic loss of life and the subsequent decision by the Road Agency to alter the road's infrastructure in response.
Originally published by Dnevnik in Bulgarian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.