A minibus driver died and another man was hurt when a lorry and trailer collided with two minibuses on the E-79 near Montana. Commissioner Mariyan Bozhinov, head of the Montana regional police directorate, told BTA the crash happened shortly after 11pm last night in heavy rain.
The dead man drove the first minibus. He was 35, from Topolovgrad, and held Bulgarian and Turkish citizenship. The driver of the second minibus, a 38-year-old Turkish citizen, is in Montana hospital with various injuries. His life is not in danger.
The crash happened on a steep stretch between the turn-off for the municipal waste landfill near Montana and the turn-off for the village of Trifonovo. The Hungarian-registered lorry was heading from Vratsa to Montana and the Danube Bridge 2 at Vidin-Calafat. The two Turkish-registered minibuses were coming the other way. Early findings suggest the trailer skidded on the wet road, crossed into the oncoming lane and hit the minibuses one after the other.
Police detained the lorry driver, a 52-year-old Hungarian citizen, for 24 hours under an order issued at the Montana district police department. Bozhinov said experts will examine the speed of each vehicle and the cause of the crash.
The E-79 was closed on this stretch from 11.10pm last night until 5.45am today. Cars took detours through Krivodol, Vurshets and Berkovitsa, while lorries waited at the scene. The road is now clear and open.
Updated (14.11, 15:43): Video added from Новините на NOVA.
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