Siyana Popova’s father: Minister Ivanov asked me if I wanted to release everyone on the chain
« The Minister (of the Regional Development Ivan Ivanov – Bel. I told him that everyone was entitled to protection and had to establish the objective truth. « This was commented by Nikolay Popov, the father of 12 -year -old Siyana Popova, who died in a crash on the main road Byala – Botevgrad. He announced that he had a meeting with Regional Minister Ivan Ivanov today.
« The picture he described to me has taken me to the ground. However, we must continue to fight and work. We have to find money, I do not care where the state will find the money and these roads to secure themselves, » Popov said.
The father of the crash in the crash Siana Popova: The state is in a coma, it is impossible that negligence (video)
According to him, what has grounded him is the results of a road investigation, which found that BGN 35 billion was needed to rehabilitate the most dangerous sections in the country. « This is an overwhelming amount for our country, » he said, saying that the budget for road repairs for 2025 is BGN 1 billion and 200 thousand, and BGN 1 billion has to be paid over time repairs that have not been paid.
Imagine a building, dilapidated, no windows, no windows – this is our country and we live inside. Our country is dangerous to the lives of its citizens. The roof has already fallen on our heads, kills our children and will start to fall and the walls if not taken measures
Nikolay Popov. Siana Popova’s father
He added that there are two reasons for him – the condition of the roads in the country where no money is investing, and that the rules of road traffic are not respected.
Earlier, it became clear that the driver of the dash participated in the crash, in which 12-year-old Siana Popova killed nearly 20 previous violations over the years. The last two are from 2024. « The driver is a road recidivist. A professional driver at 60 should not have any. »
The father of the crash in the crash Siana Popova: The state is in a coma, it is impossible that negligence (video)
Popov explained that the grandfather of the girl, who was severely injured and in hospital, began to wake up: « It becomes a medical miracle with him. Maybe a shine from heaven gives him strength. »
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13,000 signals for dangerous roads
Last year, more than 13,500 reports from the Ministry of Interior were sent to road farmers, and for the first two months of this year they are over 2000, the agency reported. In the period 3-5 April 2025, more than 22,000 cars were checked, 3200 trucks over 280 tractors, dozens of motorcyclists and bus drivers were checked. From there, they note that these are the unauthorized data of violations in the systems.
The driver of the dash of the crash with Siana Popova had a number of violations
The fines imposed with fiche is more than 10 thousand, and more than 1800 acts have been drawn up for established administrative violations.
