At least 12 people killed and dozens hurt in several crashes on a motorway in heavy fog, Bulgaria health minister says – WTOP News
- 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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48 people were injured in one of the worst collisions on Bulgarian roads. The highway is closed in both directions.
In Bulgaria, at least eleven people have died in a major chain collision on a highway. Dozens of cars crashed into one another in heavy fog. "More than seventy vehicles were involved in this tragedy," said a regional governor at the scene. "The devastation is indescribable; I have never seen anything like this." At least fifty people have been admitted to the hospital. Some of them are in critical condition. 50 meters visibility The traffic d…
Horror Crash in Bulgaria: Eleven people have been killed in a mass car park on a motorway near the village of Zinitsa in south-eastern Bulgaria. Dozens more people have been injured.
Due to dense fog, numerous vehicles have been crashed on a highway to the Black Sea.
Eleven people were killed and dozens injured in a series of car crashes on both sides of a highway in southeastern Bulgaria on Tuesday, with Bulgarian roads considered among the most dangerous in the European Union (EU).
At least 11 people died on Tuesday (10) after an accident involving dozens of vehicles in southeastern Bulgaria. Police officers, firefighters and ambulance crews rushed to the scene of the accident, where images showed cars and trucks piled up on both sides of the road, capped, crushed or left the track. The ambush occurred in the middle of a fog on the highway. Yambol region governor Georgi Chalakov told the local news agency BTA that at least…
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