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AP - A tourist bus from North Macedonia crashed into an iron railing in the middle of a highway and caught fire on Tuesday afternoon in western Bulgaria. At least 45 people, including children, were killed and seven others were injured as a tour bus was returning from a trip to Istanbul, Turkey.
The AP reported on Wednesday that seven people had to be taken to hospital for treatment for the fatal accident before the fire spread around 2 p.m. local time Tuesday. in western bulgaria
Lubomir Jovovsky, Chief Prosecutor of North Macedon At least 45 people were killed, including 12 children, who went to the scene in person.
The cause of the crash is not confirmed at this time. But the bus appears to have lost control and crashed into a highway fence and exploded, the AP reported.
The accident was one of four buses carrying tourists from North Macedonia to Istanbul, Turkey, and on the way back to North Sedonia.
This photo was taken after crashing into a steel railing in the middle of the road. It depicts a burning bus as red flames send dense black smog from the scene.
The yellow bus, with all its windows broken and the driver's windshield, was left behind. standing near the railing in the middle of the road
While acting Bulgarian Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov commented on the accident that happened to a group of journalists while surveying the damage at the scene: he had never seen such a horrifying sight.
“The picture is terrifying. The people on the bus were scorched by fire.” “It's impossible to say how many. There are four group buses, and there is a possibility that passengers may change between layovers.”
media in north macedonia which has a total population of about 2 million in the Balkan region of Europe. Police were reported to have been found outside the office of a travel agency in Skopje. It is believed to organize tours to bring tourists to Turkey. which caused an accident .
Acting Bulgarian Prime Minister Stefan Yanev, who also traveled to the scene. comment great tragedy
"I would like to take this opportunity to send a condolence message to the relatives of the deceased," Yanev said, adding: “Hopefully we can learn a lesson from the tragic accident. And we will be able to prevent such incidents in the future.”
Albanian Foreign Minister Olta Xhacka posted online, pointing out that almost everyone who died in the accident was of Albanian ethnicity.
North Macedonian Prime Minister Soran Seeyev told Bulgarian television station bTV that he had spoken to one of the survivors.
“One passenger told me that He was asleep and awake when the bomb exploded,” he added. He added that officials are currently collecting important information for the families of the deceased and survivors.
Safe later travels to Bulgaria to visit the survivors in the hospital.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyenne expressed his condolences to the family and friends of those who died in the bus crash, saying: Europe will stand by you."