Trakia motorway crash death toll rises to 12

The patient in the most critical condition, who had been receiving treatment at Dr Ivan Seliminski Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment in Sliven, has died, the hospital’s director, Dr Vasilislav Petrov, announced. This brings the death toll from the two dealy pile-ups on the Trakia Motorway on November 10 to 12. The other 15 patients admitted to the hospital remain in stable overall condition.

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The Romanian national admitted to Heart and Brain Multiprofile Hospital in Burgas following the serious road accident on the Trakia Motorway remains in a stable but critical condition and is on mechanical ventilation, the hospital reported. His life is still in danger.

The other patient at the same hospital, a 37-year-old paediatrician, is in a stable condition. His post-operative recovery is progressing without complications, and he is expected to be transferred from intensive care to the Orthopaedics Department.

The remaining four injured people, two admitted to the Thoracic Surgery Department and two to the Orthopaedics Department, are also in stable condition. If their follow-up tests show satisfactory results, the first patients are expected to be discharged on Friday.

Meanwhile, it has emerged that 51 forensic medical examinations have been commissioned as part of the investigation into the crash, and around 100 people will be questioned.

“It is far too early to draw any general conclusions. We need to establish whether the Romanian lorry that caused the accident had stopped or slowed down. The driver’s initial account is that there was a broken-down vehicle in front of him, which is why he reduced his speed to 50 km/h,” said Marian Marinov, Acting Director of the National Investigation Service.

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Edited by Diana Tsankova