Bulgaria motorway pileup kills 12, injures 50 in heavy fog
What's new: About 50 vehicles were involved on the A1 near Yambol, and Bulgaria set a national day of mourning.
A chain-reaction crash on Bulgaria's A1 motorway killed 12 people and injured 50 in the country's east after thick fog cut visibility, officials said. The pileup happened near Yambol on the road linking Sofia and Burgas, with local media images showing crushed and overturned cars and trucks spread across six lanes. Bulgarian state news agency BTA reported about 50 vehicles were involved. The crash apparently began when a bus hit a truck roughly 75 kilometers west of Burgas. Rescue crews rushed to free people trapped in vehicles, and some of the wounded were evacuated by aircraft. Bulgaria declared Wednesday a day of mourning after one of the country's deadliest road accidents in years.