The bus after it crashed, killing 16 and injuring 27 people near the town of Svoge in Bulgaria

The bus after it crashed, killing 16 and injuring 27 people near the town of Svoge in Bulgaria

A TOURIST BUS has flipped over on a highway in near the Bulgarian capital Sofia, killing at least 16 people and leaving 26 others injured. At least 15 people dead after Bulgaria tourist bus plunges 20m off road

Police said the bus was carrying tourists on a weekend trip to a nearby resort when it overturned and then plunged down a side road 66ft below the main route it had been travelling on. According to the Interior Ministry, the accident happened around 5.10 pm (1510 GMT) local time in the Iskar Gorge near the town of Svoge, some 40 km north of Sofia, when the bus overturned off the road, China's state-run news agency Xinhua reported. Ambulances rushed to the scene and took the injured to Sofia hospitals, where doctors said some remained in a critical condition.
A bus falls into the Iskar Gorge near Svoge, Bulgaria, leaving 17 people dead and 17 injured.