
Due to dense fog on the Thrace highway, chain accidents involving more than 70 vehicles occurred.
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Chain accidents involving more than 70 vehicles occurred on the Thrace highway in Bulgaria under heavy fog conditions.
Two separate chain accidents occurred due to dense fog on the Thrace highway near Zimnitsa in Bulgaria. While dozens of vehicles crashed into each other, many rescue and police teams were dispatched to the area.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev, who was in Varna to meet with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, stated in his statement that 11 people died and 48 people were injured in chain accidents. Expressing his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives, Radev stated that government programs were canceled and emergency services, military aircraft and medical teams were mobilized.
Radev said, "Immediately after completing my meeting with Ms. von der Leyen, we will go to Burgas, Sliven and Yambol together with the Minister of Defense." Radev canceled his remaining schedule and the planned Council of Ministers meeting in Varna and said that the government plane was sent to Burgas to transport patients to Sofia.
MORE THAN 70 VEHICLES CAME INTO EACH OTHER
Sliven Regional Governor Mikhail Kasherov said that more than 70 vehicles were involved in the chain accidents that occurred in both directions of the highway. Kasherov stated that the first accident occurred when two vehicles collided and caught fire, and then accidents occurred in both directions of the highway. Kasherov, who was at the scene, stated that the accident was caused by dense fog.

More than 10 people lost their lives and 16 people were injured in two separate chain traffic accidents involving approximately 70 vehicles due to dense fog on the Thrace Highway in Bulgaria.
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