1 migrant dies, 32 injured in traffic accident in Bulgaria

traffic accident

SOFIA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- One migrant died and 32 were injured when a van crashed in Bulgaria on Sunday before dawn, the country's prosecutor's office said in a statement.

According to the statement, the vehicle that carried 45 men from Afghanistan, hit a roadside guardrail on the Trakia motorway about 180 km east of Sofia.

The driver, also a foreign national, had escaped, the statement said.

As many as 18 migrants were found dead in a truck near Sofia on Feb. 17.