A 72-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman have died in a crash on the Republic Pass, police in Stara Zagora say. The car collided with a truck about a kilometre past Gurkovo, on the road to Veliko Tarnovo.
Early findings show the man was driving, with the woman in the passenger seat. The truck driver, 46, tested negative for alcohol and drugs.
The pass is closed and traffic has stopped while police examine the scene. Cars are being diverted through the Shipka pass; trucks are waiting. A line of trucks stretches back to the entrance of Gurkovo, a BTA reporter says from the scene.
Police in Kazanlak have opened a case, overseen by the Stara Zagora district prosecutor's office.