At least one person is dead and six are in critical condition after a bus crashed and fell into a ravine in southern Bulgaria on Saturday.

The bus was travelling between Haskovo and Svilengrad and fell off a bridge near the village of Uzundzhovo.

Initial reports also claim that the bus collided with a snow-cleaning machine.

One woman died on the spot and the six people in critical condition were taken to the Haskovo hospital.

Two more people are in hospital, but their injuries are not as severe, the head of Bulgaria's National Medical Coordination Centre, Ognyan Alexiev, said.

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