At least 10 people were killed and 27 injured in a pileup that occurred on Tuesday (11/10) on a highway in southeastern Bulgaria, where dense fog prevailed.
Approximately 50 vehicles were involved in the deadly accident, with collisions occurring in both directions of traffic.
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According to the Bulgarian news agency BTA, citing Yambol Regional Governor Georgi Tsalakov, the death toll so far stands at at least 10.
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) November 10, 2026
No, this isn’t footage from a post-apocalyptic movie — it’s a massive highway pileup in Bulgaria More than 50 vehicles collided on a highway near the city of Yambol due to thick fog. According to preliminary reports, at least 10 people were killed and dozens injured. The highway was littered with debris, and several vehicles caught fire. One driver said he miraculously escaped his vehicle. Another smashed the window of a burning car and pulled a person to safety. “Everything happened very quickly. So many people died here. A man died right behind me. There were four trucks behind me. Thank God I’m still alive,” one witness recalled.
Large numbers of police, firefighters, and ambulances rushed to the scene to extricate passengers and transport the injured to hospitals.
Footage broadcast by local media shows cars and trucks piled on top of one another, wrecked vehicles, some overturned, and several that have veered off the road.
The chief inspector of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior in Yambol, Todor Mishinev, told the Nova TV network that some passengers remain trapped inside their vehicles, with rescue operations in full swing.
A major traffic accident occurred in Bulgaria. Fifty trucks and passenger cars collided on the highway. More than ten people were killed. Local media reports that the cause of the mass accident was a slippery road and thick fog, which reduced visibility to less than 30 meters. https://t.co/83CfclxXNH
— Sprinter Report (@SprinterReport) November 10, 2026
“At this moment, rescue operations are the top priority. Once they are completed, the standard procedures and investigations into the circumstances of the accident will follow,” he said.
According to BTA, a total of 27 injured people have been transported to hospitals in the wider region, while authorities continue rescue efforts and are investigating the exact circumstances under which the deadly pileup occurred.
Source: Proto Thema
