A cyclist is in hospital after being swept away by a car on a footpath.

The police informed "Maritsa" that the incident happened shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday morning at the intersection between "Sixth of September" and "Koprivshtitsa" boulevards.

The cyclist got off the bike and started to cross the pedestrian path.

Just then the car hit him.

Was the cyclist hit by the train drunk?



Police and an ambulance arrived at the scene.

The victim is under medical observation with body injuries.

He and the driver of the car were breathalyzer tested and the results were negative.

Work to clarify the causes of the crash continues. 

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