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Bulgaria: Four People Died in a Car Crash on the Pazardzhik - Plovdiv Road

Four people died in a serious accident on the Plovdiv - Pazardzhik road, the Ministry of the Interior told the National Television.

According to initial information, two cars collided head-on.

The accident happened around 4:00 p.m. on the Pazardzhik - Plovdiv road, in the section between the villages of Malo Konare and Govedare.

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A serious accident caused the death of a woman in Plovdiv. The incident was reported to 112 at 1:30 p.m. Bulgarian time.

In the section between the "Skobeleva Maika" road junction and the "Trakia" highway, after the "Rogosh" road junction, a car suddenly entered the oncoming lane and collided head-on with a heavy-duty truck.

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