Bulgaria: at least 45 people died in bus crash south of Sofia – Franceinfo

A terrible traffic accident in Bulgaria. At least 45 people died on the night of Monday November 22 to Tuesday November 23 in Bulgaria in a bus accident carrying North Macedonian nationals.

“Forty-five or forty-six people died” in this drama that occurred around 2 a.m. (midnight French time) on the highway near the village of Bosnek, 40 km south of Sofia, said Commissioner Nikolay Nikolov, head of the disaster response service who spoke on public television BNT.

“Seven passengers were saved” and evacuated to a hospital in the capital, he said. The cause of the accident could not be determined at this stage. Twelve children were in the vehicle, which was coming from Istanbul and heading for Skopje, according to bTV.

“It’s a tragedy. We don’t know if all the victims are from North Macedonia, but that’s what we assume because the bus is registered in the country.”, reacted the Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev, questioned by Nova television.