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Police patrol runs over an elderly woman in Vidin

Thu, May 21 2009 10:52 CET

byNick Iliev

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Police patrol runs over an elderly woman in Vidin

A police motorised patrol has hit a 64-year-old woman in the northwestern Bulgarian town of Vidin.

The incident occurred on May 20 at 9.20pm on Shiroka St, when a police officer on a motorbike drove headlong into the woman. Eyewitness reports claim that the woman had attempted to cross the street improperly, Dnevnik daily reported.

Subsequent tests have established that the police officer had not consumed alcohol. The officer is from the traffic police department, Vidin precinct.

The woman has been hospitalised.

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