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Prosecutor General: Version for intentional cause of Hitrino tragedy dismissed

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Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov has said that all versions related to the cause of the tragic freight train accident in Hitrino, in which seven people died, 28 were injured and 26 houses were razed to the ground, are being checked. At this stage of the investigation the version of intentionally caused accident has been excluded, BGNES news agency reported. There were no abnormalities in Hitrino train station signaling, it was also reported. On Monday the official report concerning the speed of the train before the crash will be ready, Tsatsarov added.



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