At least 45 people died in a car accident on the “Struma” highway in Bulgaria, when a bus with Macedonian license plates traveling from Istanbul to Skopje caught fire, Sloboden Pecat informs.
According to initial information, there are survivors in the accident.
The bus entered Bulgaria from Turkey through BCP “Kapitan Andreevo” shortly after 21 pm, and the accident happened around 02 am on the highway “Struma” in the direction Sofia – Blagoevgrad.
As the head of the Fire Service Nikolay Nikolov told the Bulgarian media, 53 people were traveling in the bus. Forty-five died and the rest were taken to hospital. The bus was set on fire, and firefighters and medical teams are still at the scene.
The traffic in both directions of the highway is interrupted.
The Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expressed his condolences for the victims, who was informed about the accident by the Bulgarian Prime Minister Stefan Janev.
Source: Sloboden Pecat
