"There were four buses that traveled together, and it is possible that passengers changed buses during the stops.”īorislav Sarafov, chief of Bulgaria’s national investigation service, confirmed that 52 people were on the bus that crashed.Īmong the survivors were five North Macedonia citizens, one Serb and one Belgian, according to North Macedonia's Foreign Ministry. “The people who were on the bus are turned to charcoal," Rashkov said. Twelve children were among the dead, according to the North Macedonia chief prosecutor, Ljubomir Joveski.īulgarian Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov told reporters at the crash site that he had "never in my life seen something more horrifying" and that the identification process would take time.
Seven survivors were hospitalized after the crash, which took place as a group of buses was returning from a trip to Turkey.
A portion of the guardrail was lying in the road.
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Daylight revealed a burned-out shell with all of its windows blown out, sitting in the median. Photos taken shortly after the crash showed the vehicle engulfed in flames as plumes of thick, black smoke rose. The bus apparently ripped through a guardrail on a highway, though authorities said the cause was still under investigation.
DNA tests were being carried out to identify the victims. SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - A bus carrying tourists back to North Macedonia crashed and caught fire in western Bulgaria early Tuesday, killing at least 45 people, including a dozen children, authorities said.