At least 11 dead and dozens injured in Bulgarian motorway pile-up

Drone footage shows cars crushed between lorries in thick fog near Yambol, and the road has been closed in both directions in an incident involving over 50 vehicles. Eleven people have been killed and 48 injured in pile-ups on both carriageways of a motorway in south-eastern Bulgaria, the authorities said on Tuesday. “The toll at this point is 11 dead and 48 injured,” Prime Minister Rumen Radev told reporters. The crashes happened on Tuesday morning near the city of Yambol, on the Trakia motorway linking the capital Sofia with Burgas on the Black Sea. More than 50 cars and heavy vehicles were involved, and the motorway was closed in both directions, Bulgarian broadcaster Nova reported. Drone footage released by Nova shows a huge pile-up in thick fog, with lorries, vans and cars jammed across the carriageway. Fire engines and ambulances are lined up along the road as emergency workers in hi-vis jackets move between the wrecked vehicles. Closer shots, shown after a warning about sensitive footage, show several cars badly crushed between lorries and debris scattered across the road. Our journalists are working on this story and will update it as soon as more information becomes available.