Truck

A Bulgarian TIR truck caught fire on a highway near the French town of Calais, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports, quoted by the Bulgarian National Radio. 

A Bulgarian driver died in a severe crash in a clash between three TIR trucks in Italy, reports 24 hours.

The incident happened on Monday morning on the A4 motorway between Vicenza East and Grisignano di Zocco, heading towards Venice.

A majority of 69% are of the opinion that new infrastructure construction in Bulgaria has facilitated travelling, according to a survey commissioned by the Road Infrastructure Agency and carried out by Bulgarian polling agency Gallup International, reports Focus News Agency. 

The union representing local authority workers, POE-OTA, has called on its members to walk off the job on Monday following the death on Friday of the 53-year-old driver of a municipal garbage truck who was crushed after losing control of his vehicle near the capital's main landfill in Fyli, northwestern Athens.

A car has hit a driver while he was watching his van while it was put on tow truck following a crash in the Turkish capital.

On average, the trucks used to transport goods around Greece are Europe's oldest, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA), posing a threat to other road users and the environment.

A truck with Bulgarian license plates overturned on the Athens-Lamia national highway, near the junction for Thermopyles, early on Monday.

It was not known what caused the truck, which was carrying laundry detergent, to flip over at 7.15 a.m. as it headed south.

There were no reports of injuries.

A truck hovered above the Vladaya river in the center of Sofia. The incident occurred when the vehicle entered the circular junction of the Lion Bridge. The heavy truck got out of the way, swept the mantelle and hung over the river.

The traffic incident signal was submitted around 10.15 hours.

Increase of checks on trucks and buses will be carried out in Bulgaria during the week of 23-29 July, according to DG National Police. The operation takes place in all Member States of the European Traffic Police Service - TISPOL.

Turkey's overall auto sales market, including light trucks, contracted by 39 percent in June, down to 51,037 from 83,658 in the same month last year, data from the Automotive Distributers' Association (ODD) has shown.