Bulgaria motorway pileup kills 11, dozens injured

So far 12 people were killed and dozens were injured on Tuesday in pileups on both sides of a motorway in southeastern Bulgaria. The pileups snaring dozens of vehicles took place on the highway linking the capital Sofia to the city of Burgas on the Black Sea near Yambol.

An estimated 50 cars and trucks were involved in the accident, the regional governor of Yambol said. Meanwhile the government has dispatched aircrafts equipped with stretchers and medical teams for the transportation of injured to nearby city hospitals.