Yambol11 dead across two fog pile-ups, dozens injured.
Bulgaria’s roads are the EU’s deadliest, at 71 deaths per million people in 2025, Commission figures show.
Visibility fell from 70-80 metres to about 10 within minutes, the interior minister said, and officials said drivers were going too fast.
Investigators start once rescue ends, and the government wants Wednesday as a day of national mourning.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 300+ reports worldwide
- BBC leans critical
- Hindustan Times
- names Bulgaria's PM Radev and notes von der Leyen cut short a Black Sea tour to attend the crash scene
- TRT World
- attributes the pileup to a sudden fog change, with visibility dropping from 70-80 m to about 10 m
Sources: BBC, Hindustan Times, TRT World