Eleven people died and 48 were injured in a serious crash on the Trakia motorway today, prime minister Rumen Radev told reporters in Varna. These are the latest figures.
He offered his condolences to the families and friends of the dead.
In parliament, the budget committee held a minute's silence for the victims at its meeting today. Everyone taking part stood, not just the MPs. Committee chair Konstantin Prodanov proposed it while members were discussing changes to tax laws.
Earlier, Stanislav Popdonchev, deputy chair of the Bulgarian Industrial Association, had raised the issue of crashes on the motorway. He said he hoped money would be found for crash barriers, so that tragedies like today's do not happen again.