A vehicle carrying migrants overturned on a highway near Sofia, one dead

Bulgarian Police, Bulgaria
Bulgarian Police / Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto / Shutterstock Editorial / Profimedia

A vehicle carrying migrants from Afghanistan overturned on a highway near Sofia, killing one of the migrants. The incident happened around midnight local time, Bulgarian media reported.

After receiving a signal, the police chased after the vehicle with foreign license plates in which the migrants were in order to stop it. In an attempt to avoid a police check, the driver of the vehicle carrying the migrants lost control and hit a concrete fence.

According to Bulgarian media, the driver is a Serbian citizen and has been detained. Sixteen migrants sustained injuries and were transported to local hospitals.

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