Bulgaria: At least eleven dead and dozens injured in highway pileup
A dramatic accident involving around fifty vehicles occurred on the highway linking Sofia to Burgas due to thick fog.
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Eleven people were killed and 48 injured in a pileup involving around fifty vehicles near Yambol in Bulgaria, due to thick fog.
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A pileup involving around fifty vehicles occurred in Bulgaria in thick fog.
A pile of metal sheets stretching for tens of meters. Eleven people were killed and 48 others injured Tuesday morning in a pileup involving around fifty vehicles in Bulgaria, Prime Minister Rumen Radev announced.
The accident occurred near Yambol, in the southeast of the country, on the highway linking Sofia to Burgas on the Black Sea. A thick fog then greatly reduced visibility. According to regional governor Georgi Chalukov, cited by the local agency BTA, cars and heavy goods vehicles were among the vehicles involved.
Images broadcast by Bulgarian television show vehicles overturned, charred or deformed on both lanes of traffic.
Very deadly roads
Eleven people were hospitalized in Yambol, most of them in serious condition, according to Deputy Governor Valentin Valtchev, cited by BTA. The other injured were treated in health facilities in Burgas and Sliven. The Minister of Health was due to speak in the afternoon.
The Prime Minister canceled the rest of his commitments to go to the scene of the tragedy. In the morning he met the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
Open Questions
- What are the exact causes of the accident beyond the fog?
- What is the precise state of health of the seriously injured?
