Around 50 Vehicles Pile Up on Bulgaria's Trakia Motorway: At Least 10 Dead, 27 Injured
In the early hours of November 10 local time, around 50 vehicles piled up in dense fog on the Trakia motorway near Yambol in southeastern Bulgaria, in collisions affecting both carriageways. Yambol regional governor Georgi Chalakov said at least 10 people were killed and 27 injured people were taken to a regional hospital.
Todor Mishinev, head of the Interior Ministry's Yambol regional directorate, told Nova TV that people were still trapped in vehicles and that rescue work was the priority. The crashes happened in two pile-ups on a stretch where fog had cut visibility sharply, and some vehicles caught fire.
Later reporting citing Prime Minister Radev put the toll at 11 dead and 48 injured. Officials have not yet released a final toll or a cause, and the figures may still be updated.
The Trakia motorway is Bulgaria's main east-west artery, linking the capital Sofia with Burgas on the Black Sea coast. The affected stretch has been closed and traffic is being diverted.
(Source: Reuters)
Source: Reuters
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Photo: 图：保加利亚特拉基亚高速公路资料图。照片：Ivano Giambattista 摄，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: File photo of Bulgaria's Trakia motorway. Photo by Ivano Giambattista, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
