Police and investigators stand by the wreckage of a bus on the crash web site within the village of Laskarci, west of Skopje, on February 14, 2019.
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At least 46 folks, most of them vacationers from North Macedonia, died as a bus crashed in flames on a freeway in western Bulgaria on Tuesday, officers mentioned.
Children had been among the many victims, and 7 survivors needing remedy for burns had been rushed to hospital within the capital Sofia, Bulgarian inside ministry senior official Nikolai Nikolov informed non-public BTV tv.
“At least 45 people were killed after a bus caught fire and crashed, or crashed and then caught fire,” Nikolov mentioned. His ministry later up to date the toll to 46. There had been 53 folks on board.
The accident occurred on Struma freeway about 45 km (28 miles) west of Sofia round 2:00 a.m. (0000 GMT). The web site had been sealed off and Bulgarian interim Prime Minister Stefan Yanev rushed to the scene of the tragedy.
An official from Sofia emergency hospital mentioned the seven folks receiving remedy has jumped out of the burning bus. All had been in steady situations.
North Macedonian Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani mentioned the coach celebration was returning to Skopje from a weekend vacation journey to Istanbul, Turkey.
