Truck With BG Registration Kills 4, Injures 30 In Pileup Near Thessaloniki

A TIR truck with Bulgarian registration plates, driven by a Romanian citizen, caused a pileup, killing four and injuring 30 at the Thessaloniki – Veria highway in Greece, reports the Bulgarian National Radio.

More than half of those injured are in serious condition.

According to the reports, the police arrested the Romanian driver as he was trying to escape the accident site.

The initial information claims that the truck was going at very high speed when its brakes malfunctioned and it slammed into more than 30 cars who have pulled over due to road repairs.

Three of the cars were torched, while the passengers in some of the others have gotten out of the vehicles, which had saved them.

Police was signalling the truck to slow down, but it didn't.

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