Byala, Bulgaria,
Wednesday
AT least 29 people were killed in Bulgaria's worst bus crash when a
Turkish coach and truck collided and plunged into a river, police said
today.
Police said 47 people were on board the bus which was travelling from
Romania -- 40 Romanians, three Turkish drivers, three tourists from the
former Soviet Union and one unidentified passenger.
Hospital officials in Byala, 137 miles north-east of Sofia, said
another 18 people were injured. Four of them critically.
The number of injured increased when another heavy Turkish lorry
slammed into a crane set up on a narrow bridge to lift the wreckage out
of the water.
The Bulgarian operator of the crane and the Turkish driver of the
second lorry were also taken to hospital.
''All three vehicles are Turkish registered -- the coach, the lorry
with which it collided and the next heavy truck which slammed into the
crane,'' said a police officer.
Rescue efforts were being hampered by the cold river water where the
wreckage was submerged.--Reuter.
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