Bulgaria Motorway Pileup Kills 11, Dozens Injured
Emergency crews said about 50 vehicles were involved as rescue teams worked to free people trapped in the wreckage.
- On Tuesday, a massive pile-up involving about 50 vehicles on Bulgaria's Trakia Highway left at least 10 people dead, with emergency crews working through wreckage in southeastern Bulgaria.
- Dense fog reduced visibility between the Zimnitsa and Karnobat interchanges, triggering chain-reaction crashes on both sides of the highway spanning from kilometer 289 to kilometer 323.
- Deputy Director Valentin Valchev noted several patients are in critical condition after some 27 injured people were transported to hospitals in Yambol and Sliven, while rescue teams cut through metal to free trapped victims.
- The BG-Alert system urged motorists to use alternative routes as authorities closed the highway in both directions, and Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev dispatched officials to manage rescue operations.
- Regional Road Administration Director Galin Kostov stated the highway will remain closed until all wreckage is cleared, and authorities will conduct investigative actions once rescue efforts conclude.
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Bulgaria motorway pileup kills 11, dozens injured
Crashes in thick fog snared dozens of vehicles heading in both directions of the highway linking the capital Sofia to the Black Sea city of Burgas. An estimated 50 cars and trucks were involved in the accident near the city of Yambol, regional governor Georgi Chalakov told the BTA state news agency, as government officials rushed to the scene. Images showed overturned and smashed cars and trucks mangled together, as well as burnt-out vehicles. "…
Around 50 vehicles involved in 2 crashes near Yambol as dense fog reduces visibility
In the huge fog, a lot of cars rushed into each other on both sides of the twice-three-lane highway connecting Sofia and Burgas.
<p>Massive accident in Bulgaria: 86 cars collide, at least 12 people are killed 86 vehicles collided on the Trakia motorway, 12 people were killed, 46 injured. Traffic was blocked due to fog and investigative actions.</p>
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