At least 12 people killed and dozens hurt in crashes on a foggy Bulgarian motorway, minister says
Fog and wet roads triggered two chain-reaction crashes involving as many as 86 vehicles, officials said, as rescue crews raced to reach trapped motorists.
- On Tuesday, a massive pile-up involving about 50 vehicles on Bulgaria's Trakia Highway left at least 12 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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A multiple accident caused by a dense fog on a highway in southeastern Bulgaria has left at least twelve dead and dozens injured, in a spectacular crash involving almost a hundred cars. Bulgaria’s roads are considered among the most dangerous in the EU. Aerial images of the accident show cars and trucks overturned and wrecked, as well as vehicles burned in both directions by the highway linking the capital, Sofia, with the city of Burgas, on the…
Eleven people died and dozens of others were injured on Tuesday morning in a carbble involving about 50 vehicles on a motorway in south-eastern Bulgaria, a country with the most deadly roads in the European Union.
Noticias de Navarra
Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Rumen Radev, confirmed on Tuesday that at least eleven people have died and another 48 have been injured in a chain traffic accident registered on a highway near the town of Zimnitsa, in Yambol province, in which more than 80 vehicles have been involved.
The accident occurred on Tuesday morning on a highway in the south-east of the country, while a thick fog reduced visibility. About 50 cars are involved in a chain collision.
leprogres.fr
About 50 vehicles were involved on Tuesday near Yambol. An NGO believes that the section should have been closed two hours before the accident.
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