A man walks beside a crashed bus on a highway near capital Sofia, Bulgaria, April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

SOFIA (Reuters) - Six people were killed and at least 20 others including a child were injured when a bus overturned on a highway near the Bulgarian capital, the health ministry said on Friday.

Ambulances ferried 19 people to Sofia hospitals and two were in critical condition after the crash some 28 km (17 miles) east of Sofia, national radio reported. The accident was caused when a car crashed into the bus, the bus owner told the radio.</s>SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian police say bus overturns on highway near capital, killing 6 people and injuring 22 .</s>At least 6 people killed and more than 20 others injured after a bus overturns near the Bulgarian capital Sofiahttps://t.co/Fxwlbl7FzZ</s>A bus overturned near the Bulgarian capital Sofia on Friday in a crash that left at least six people dead and more than 20 injured, emergency services said.

The bus, which was serving a regular route between Sofia and the Black Sea city of Burgas, was hit sideways by a car and flipped over, trapping many passengers inside, president of the Union Ivkoni bus company Georgy Atanasov told public BNR radio.

Atanasov said the bus was new and had only been made in 2017.

Emergency services spokeswoman Katia Sungarska confirmed the toll to AFP, saying that one of those injured was a child.

EU-wide data released by the European Commission earlier this week showed that Bulgaria has the second highest number of road fatalities per capita in the bloc, after neighboring Romania.</s>A bus overturned near the Bulgarian capital Sofia on Friday in a crash that left at least six people dead and more than 20 injured, emergency services said.

 The bus, which was serving a regular route between Sofia and the Black Sea city of Burgas, was hit sideways by a car and flipped over, trapping many passengers inside, president of the Union Ivkoni bus company Georgy Atanasov told public BNR radio.

 Atanasov said the bus was new and had only been made in 2017. Emergency services spokeswoman Katia Sungarska confirmed the toll to AFP, saying that one of those injured was a child.—APP</s>SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarian authorities say that a passenger bus flipped over on a highway near the capital, Sofia, killing at least six people and leaving 22 others injured, including one child.

Police said that the accident occurred on Monday after a car crashed into the bus. The bus driver then lost control of the vehicle and the bus overturned into a roadside ditch.

The driver of the car was taken into custody for questioning.

The accident happened at 11.30 a.m. local time on Friday, some 25 kilometre (15 miles) east of the capital, Sofia. The bus was carrying passengers from the Black Sea town of Burgas to Sofia.

Ambulances took the injured to Sofia hospitals. Doctors said that seven of them were in critical condition.</s>Bus crash near Bulgarian capital kills six and injures more than 20

Six people were killed and at least 20 others including a child were injured when a bus overturned on a highway near the Bulgarian capital, the health ministry said on Friday, Reuters reports.

Ambulances ferried 19 people to Sofia hospitals and two were in critical condition after the crash some 28 km (17 miles) east of Sofia, national radio reported. The accident was caused when a car crashed into the bus, the bus owner told the radio.

Follow Trend on Telegram. Only most interesting and important news</s>Six people were killed and at least 20 others including a child were injured when a bus overturned on a highway near the Bulgarian capital, the health ministry said on Friday.

SOFIA: Six people were killed and at least 20 others including a child were injured when a bus overturned on a highway near the Bulgarian capital, the health ministry said on Friday.

Ambulances ferried 19 people to Sofia hospitals and two were in critical condition after the crash some 28 km (17 miles) east of Sofia, national radio reported. The accident was caused when a car crashed into the bus, the bus owner told the radio.</s>Baku. 5 March. REPORT.AZ/ The official visit of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to the Republic of Bulgaria has ended.

Report informs, a guard of honor was arranged for the head of state at the Sofia Airport decorated with the national flags of the two countries.

President Ilham Aliyev was seen off by senior state and government officials of Bulgaria.</s>SOFIA (Reuters) - Six people were killed and at least 20 others including a child were injured when a bus overturned on a highway near the Bulgarian capital, the health ministry said on Friday.

Ambulances ferried 19 people to Sofia hospitals and two were in critical condition after the crash some 28 km (17 miles) east of Sofia, national radio reported. The accident was caused when a car crashed into the bus, the bus owner told the radio.
A bus overturns near the village of Vakarel, Bulgaria, killing six people and injuring 20.