Truck

In Italy, a Bulgarian truck driver was penalized for failing to comply with European regulations by driving for two consecutive weeks without rest. The incident occurred during a police check in Naples, where authorities discovered that the 51-year-old driver, employed by a Bulgarian transport company, had not taken the required weekly rest period.

The driver of the lorry that caused the crash with the train in Aulida on Tuesday (30/7) afternoon has been arrested. The driver was given a breathalyser test which showed he was not under the influence of alcohol.

A truck caught fire on Egnatia Odos between Igoumenitsa and Ioannina in northwestern Greece, leading to a road closure.

According to state broadcaster ERT, the driver and passenger escaped safely before the vehicle was engulfed in flames. The tractor unit was completely destroyed, though the truck was not carrying a trailer.

A fatal traffic accident occurred shortly after midnight Saturday in the Panagouda settlement, located six kilometers north of the city of Mytilini on the island of Lesvos.

The victim, a 27-year-old man, died at the scene. He was one of two Eritrean asylum seekers from the nearby Kara Tepe camp involved in the incident.

A 10-kilometer-long queue of trucks has formed at Türkiye's southeastern Esendere Border Gate in Hakkari due to technical issues ongoing for five days at the Iranian customs.

Additionally, renovations at the alternative border gate to Iran, Ağrı's Gürbulak Border Gate, have redirected more trucks to the Esendere Border Gate.

Tragedy struck this morning on Tsarigradsko Shosse Blvd in Plovdiv as a woman lost her life after being struck by a municipal garbage truck. The incident occurred around 9:50 AM, leaving the victim deceased at the scene. The woman's identity remains unknown at present.

A project to monitor long-haul trucks by satellite to crack down on contraband activities and human trafficking will be partly funded by the European Union's Recovery Fund.

The project, conceived by the Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE) is set to be completed in two and a half years.

The "suffering, irritation and indignation" of drivers who were trapped for hours on Thursday in their vehicles on the Athens-Corinth motorway after police closed traffic following a fire that broke out on a fuel truck was "completely understandable and respected," the police and fire service have said in a joint statement.

Three people died in car crash at the Lovech exit in the direction of Pleven last night, the local police reported. According to initial information, a car driven by a 22-year-old man entered the oncoming lane and hit another car head-on.

After the deaths of six illegal migrants in the past 14 days due to lack of oxygen in the trailers of trucks they sneaked in at the border province of Edirne, drivers and transportation companies have started to take measures to prevent the boarding of migrants.