At least 12 people died in a traffic accident involving dozens of vehicles on both sides of a foggy stretch of highway in southeastern Bulgaria on Tuesday (November 10), the BTA news agency reported, citing a local governor.

Police, firefighters and ambulance crews rushed to the scene where images on local media showed cars and trucks piled up across both sides of the road, many overturned, crushed or veered off the side.

Yambol Regional Governor Georgi Chalakov told BTA news agency that at least 10 people were killed and about 50 vehicles were involved.

Chief Inspector Todor Mishinev from the Yambol Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs told Nova TV that some people were still trapped in their cars. A man who said he survived the crash described chaos as he tried to rescue another man from a burning vehicle and get his bearings among the fog and smoke.

Some 27 injured people were taken to regional hospitals, BTA reported.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

NEAR YAMBOL, BULGARIA (NOVEMBER 10, 2026)(NOVA TV - No use Bulgaria)

1. PILEUP ON HIGHWAY, SMOKING CARS, DEBRIS LITTERED ON ROAD, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS

2. (SOUNDBITE) (Bulgarian) WITNESS OF CRASH (NAME NOT GIVEN) SAYING:

"No, it all happened very quickly, but visibility through the fog was no more than 50 meters, I think. Many, many people died here; a man died right behind me. As for me, there were four vehicles behind me—trucks—and I don’t know how I got out or what happened, but in the end, thank God I’m still alive."

3. VARIOUS OF PILEUP, FOG, EMERGENCY WORKERS

4. (SOUNDBITE) (Bulgarian) WITNESS OF CRASH (NAME NOT GIVEN) SAYING:

"Well, you see, I’m the one in the black car. (Journalist: What happened?) Thick fog—very thick fog—and that’s what caused the accident up ahead. And then it hit me—everything went foggy, black. So I got out—as soon as I got out of the car, I ran forward and pulled that man out. The one from the burning car—I smashed the window with a shout. And then, when I heard that all the cars on the other lane had started crashing into each other because of the flying debris… That’s what happened here, and from there I left the man, grabbed a hubcap and my phone, and started running back and down toward the bridge at the fork."

5. VARIOUS OF CAR WRECKAGE, TRUCKS THAT CRASHED INTO EACH OTHER, DEBRIS