Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Serbian bus carrying 49 passengers, including many children, crashes on Bulgaria's Trakia Highway

Photo: LiliaDeliradeva/Facebook

A bus with Serbian registration has overturned at kilometer 216 of Bulgaria's Trakia highway (A-1) in the direction of Sofia shortly after 8 pm this evening. 49 people - children and adults - were travelling in the bus. 

The children are part of a folklore group which participated at a festival in the Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach. It has been reported that all passengers in the bus are from Belgrade.

There are no casualties and all injured passengers have been taken to the hospital in Stara Zagora. An elderly person is in a more serious condition, in which limb amputation may be necessary, Bulgaria's Ministry of the Interior announced. 

"17 children have been brought to the hospital. The youngest is 6 years old, the oldest is 17 years old. Three of them have more severe bruises and abrasions, they are going for a scan to clarify the diagnosis. There is a man who may been amputation of a lower limb", the director of the Stara Zagora-based hospital "Prof. Dr. Stoyan Kirkovich", Dr. Yovcho Yovchov, told Radio Stara Zagora.

The reasons for the incident are being clarified. Traffic in the area remains difficult.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Petar Dimitrov

Minister Dimitrov: “EU money for water management is additional funding, not panacea”

A unified water management authority is needed to solve the problems with water shortage. This was what caretaker Minister of Environment and Water, Petar Dimitrov, told bTV.  Currently, water management is fragmented,..

published on 1/13/25 11:52 AM

Patriarch Daniil: “The new US president is bringing normality back”

Some groups claim to represent Eastern Orthodoxy and this is a problem, Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil told bTV, commenting the registration of the “Bulgarian Orthodox Old-Style Church” by the Supreme Court of Cassation. “Many forces..

published on 1/13/25 10:37 AM

Bulgarians explore Smith Island in Antarctica

Bulgarians set foot on Smith Island in Antarctica for the first time. In a very short time window with good weather conditions, on January 10, 2025, the research ship “Sts. Cyril and Methodius” made a trip to Smith Island. At 2:30..

published on 1/13/25 9:49 AM