A car crashed this evening on "Hemus" boulevard in Gabrovo.

The driver was unharmed, but his 18-year-old companion died on the spot in the car, said the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Gabrovo, BTA reported.

The 112 call was received at 8:06 p.m., and teams of the "Road Police" sector at the Ministry of Internal Affairs Gabrovo and Emergency Services were immediately dispatched to the scene.

The intervention of a fire engine of the Regional Office of Fire Safety and Protection of the Population was required to cut the car open after the heavy impact with a tree.

The driver will be tested for alcohol and drugs.

Traffic on the section of the boulevard is now moving normally.

There are already five victims in the accident on the Pazardzhik-Plovdiv road