@c5news: Authorities said the crash scene defied description. At least 12 people are dead after thick fog caused two major crashes on a motorway in Bulgaria on Tuesday. The accidents, on the motorway linking the capital Sofia with the Black Sea port of Burgas, forced the closure of the road in both directions, Health Minister Katya Ivkova said. Ten people died at the scene and two others on the way to the hospital, while 46 other people were transported to medical facilities for treatment. Some 86 vehicles, many of them heavy trucks, were involved in the crashes, which occurred on opposite carriageways in the same place at 7am. Regional governor Mihail Kasherov told reporters at the site of the mass crash that the scene defied description, and he had never seen anything like it. Police launched an investigation but said initial assessments point to “reduced visibility due to fast-forming dense fog, wet road surface and speeds unsuitable for the conditions”. #5news

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Tuesday 10 November 2026 16:30:00 GMT