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The Bulgarian investigator has made the first estimates regarding the accident with the Macedonian bus in Bulgaria, on November 23rd, where 45 citizens of Northern Macedonia lost.
The director of the National Investigation Service and Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Bulgaria, Borislav Sarafov, told Bulgarian national television, BNT, that the bus driver was traveling at an inappropriate speed, which could have been the cause of the tragic accident.
“The speed was quite inappropriate. The bus was traveling at speeds over 90 kilometers per hour. The requirements for a professional bus driver are higher than for any other driver. “Therefore, the speed had to be appropriate to the conditions, despite the road signs,” said Sarafov.
Bulgarian authorities are waiting for an expert to determine how the bus burned down within minutes.
Sarafov said he expects the expertise for the accident to be ready by December 25th and then will come out with the report on the causes of the accident.
Bulgarian experts on November 25th stated that the cause of the accident could be human error. Initial investigations revealed that the bus, for an as yet unknown reason, had turned right and hit the road guards. The collision of the bus with the road guards, according to experts, caused the fuel tank to explode causing a large fire until the bus was stuck between the protective fences, which separate the two lanes of the Struma highway, located about 40 kilometers from Sofia.
Meanwhile, investigations into the accident are being conducted by the Macedonian authorities, but the investigations are mainly related to the transport and operation of the border crossings, through which the bus passed, which did not have a permit for passenger transport.
The Ministry of Transport of Northern Macedonia has taken the license from the company “Besa Trans”, while the Customs Administration has suspended from work two customs officers who had allowed the bus to cross the border without permission.
The 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 receiving medical treatment in Sofia, they returned to northern Macedonia.
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