Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Minibus with illegal migrants crashes on Trakia Motorway, one dies

| updated on 2/26/23 2:05 PM
Photo: BGNES-archive

One illegal migrant has died in a road accident on Trakia Motorway near Chirpan. A minibus carrying 47 illegal migrants from Afghanistan had a flat tire and crashed. There is an increased police presence on the scene. The law enforcement authorities are investigating the case.

Thirty migrants were taken to the hospital in Stara Zagora, as twenty-six of them were hospitalized. Currently, no patients are in a life-threatening condition. An eleven-year-old child is among the injured, caretaker Minister of Health Dr. Assen Medjidiev announced at a briefing. 





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

The port city of Varna will see slightly cooler temperatures tomorrow.

Thermometer rising

Monday will be sunny and hot. In the east there will be light to moderate northeasterly winds. Maximum temperatures will be between 33° and 38°C , in Sofia - 33°-34°C. Over the mountains, it will be sunny and there will be a breeze from the..

published on 7/7/24 7:05 PM
Delyan Peevski

Delyan Peevski: Peevski-Dogan relations not on the agenda

"There is no, and cannot be, any opposition between Dogan and me," DPS Co-Chairman Delyan Peevski stated in a release from the party's press center. He added, however, that there was an opposition and a conflict: "The conflict is Peevski versus the fat..

published on 7/7/24 6:44 PM

Bulgaria's air ambulance completes first successful mountain mission

Bulgaria's air ambulance helicopter has completed its first operation in the mountains , interim Transport Minister Georgi Gvozdeykov said. New delay expected for air ambulances for emergency medical services Responding to a signal from the..

published on 7/7/24 5:15 PM