The driver of a beige pickup that witnesses name as the first vehicle in front of the Romanian lorry in the fatal crash on the Trakia motorway says he was not the first car, he told BNT. Investigators are checking whether the pickup was involved in the crash.
The pile-up on the motorway killed and injured people.
On 13 November the Romanian driver was detained for repeat questioning over the first truck in the pile-up, while prosecutors said there was not enough evidence for a charge.
The man says he was further back in the queue. He said he saw the impact, avoided it and drove past the lorry and the bus, which had already been hit. A little later he moved his car, but he waited for the police, was questioned and gave a statement.
The Romanian lorry driver, who slowed down and was the first to be hit by the bus, says in his statement that there was no other car in front of him. Some of the bus passengers say the pickup was the first car.