Wrecked cars and trucks are piled along a fog-covered highway in Bulgaria’s Yambol region after a crash involving about 50 vehicles left at least 11 people dead and 50 injured. (Foto: Instagram)
A pileup involving about 50 vehicles left at least 11 people dead and 50 injured Tuesday, Nov. 10, on a highway in the Yambol region of southeastern Bulgaria. The crash occurred on the road linking the capital, Sofia, with the Black Sea city of Burgas.
The collisions involved both directions of the highway on a stretch covered by fog. Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev confirmed the death and injury toll. The crashes blocked the highway and prompted a response from police, firefighters and ambulance crews, according to the Associated Press.
Lyubomir Nikolov, secretary-general of Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry, said fog was likely a factor. The chain of collisions reportedly began when a bus and a truck crashed.
Chief Inspector Todor Mishinev of the Interior Ministry’s Yambol regional directorate told Bulgarian media that some victims remained trapped in the wreckage. He said rescue operations were the immediate priority and that investigative and procedural steps would follow once they were complete.
Images circulating on social media showed cars and trucks piled together, with some vehicles overturned or crushed and others thrown off the roadway. Police, firefighters and ambulance teams were sent to the scene to assist with rescue efforts.
