At least 12 people were killed and 46 injured on Tuesday when dense fog set off two major pileups on a motorway in eastern Bulgaria, Health Minister Katya Ivkova said.
The crashes happened at around 7 a.m. on opposite carriageways at the same spot on the motorway linking the capital, Sofia, with the Black Sea port of Burgas, near the town of Yambol. Some 86 vehicles, many of them heavy trucks, were involved. Ten people died at the scene and two more died on the way to hospital. The road was closed in both directions.
Police have opened an investigation, but early findings point to fast-forming dense fog, a wet road surface and speeds unsuitable for the conditions.
Prime Minister Rumen Radev left a meeting with visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to go to the scene, and President Iliana Yotova cut short her trip to the Paris Peace Forum to return home.
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