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(5 years ago)The Bulgarian investigator has come up with her first assessments of the Macedonian bus crash in Bulgaria on 23 November, where they lost 45 North Macedonian citizens. Bulgaria's National Ministry Director and deputy prosecutor, Borislav Sarafov, has declared for Bulgarian national television, BNT, that the bus driver was travelling at inappropriate speed, [...]
Bulgaria's National Ministry Director and deputy prosecutor, Borislav Sarafov, has declared Bulgarian national television BNT that the bus driver was traveling at inappropriate speed, which could also be the cause of the tragic accident.
“The speed was highly inappropriate. The bus was moving at speeds of over 90 miles per hour [90 km]. The demand for a professional bus driver is higher than for any other driver. Therefore, speed has had to be appropriate to the conditions, despite road signaling”, Sarafov has declared.
Bulgarian authorities expect the expert to determine how the bus was burned within minutes.
Sarafov said he expects the incidents for the accident to be ready by December 25th and will then be released with the report on causes of the accident.
Bulgarian experts on November 25th said the cause of the accident could be human error. Initial investigations resulted that the bus, for a still unknown reason, had turned right and hit the road guards. The bus crash with road shields, according to experts, caused the fuel tank to explode, causing great fire until the bus was stuck amid protective fences, which separate the two lanes of Struma Highway, located about 25 miles [40 km] from Sofia.
Meanwhile, investigation into the accident is also being conducted by Macedonian authorities, but investigations are mainly related to transportation and border points, through which the bus has passed, which did not possess permission for passenger transport.
The Northern Macedonia Transport Ministry has obtained license from the company “Besa Trans”, while the Customs Directorate has sponsored two customs officers who had allowed the bus to cross the border without permission.
Forty-five passengers who died in the accident were tourists from northern Macedonia who were returning from a trip to Istanbul, Turkey. Among the victims were 12 children. Seven passengers had suffered bodily injuries, but after medical treatment in Sofia, they have returned to northern Macedonia. /Rel/
