At Least Three Dead, Two Heavily Injured in Pile-up on Bulgaria's Hemus Motorway

Vitinya tunnel on Hemus motorway. Photo: Wikipedia

At least two people died and two other were heavily injured after a multiple vehicle collision occurred in one of the tunnels of Hemus motorway on Thursday.

The collision, which involved more than fifty vehicles, occurred in the tunnel of Vitinya in the direction of Varna.

The passage through the tunnel in the direction of Botevgrad is temporary restricted and the traffic is redirected to the old road between Sofia and Botevgrad.

According to Darik radio the number of victims is two, while bTV station claims that three people were killed.

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