A young man swept a mother and child on a footpath in Kozloduy with his car and ran away.

At an intersection in the Danube city, a car driven by a 29-year-old local resident hit a 34-year-old woman and her 5-year-old child on a footpath.

Immediately after the accident, the driver hit the gas and disappeared from the scene.

Witnesses to the incident reported to 112 and an ambulance and a police team arrived at the scene.

Emergency medics examined the mother and child, then transported them to a local hospital for further tests.

A woman hit a 6-year-old child on a crosswalk

Law enforcement officers quickly located the driver.

The police report only that he has been issued an act under the Road Traffic Act.

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