Bulgaria Transport Companies Call for Legislative Changes after Hellish Crash

Society | May 29, 2009, Friday // 08:56
Bulgaria: Bulgaria Transport Companies Call for Legislative Changes after Hellish Crash The driver of the bus that crashed near Yambol killing 16 was brought to Pirogov emergency hospital in Sofia Thursday night. Photo by BGNES

Transport companies in Bulgaria have urged for the immediate adoption of amendments to the legislation dealing with traffic in the wake of Thursday's deadly bus crash that claimed the lives of sixteen people.

The National Union of Transport Companies issued a statement, demanding, among other things, that legal amendments restrict the age of the professional drivers.

"The longer the delay in adopting these legislative changes, the more human lives will be lost in Bulgaria," reads the statement of the National Union of Transporters.

"Each crash reveals how guilty those in power are - dilapidated roads, battered cars, lax technical control," the statement adds.

It describes the technical check-ups that vehicles regularly undergo "part of the widespread corruption network".

A dilapidated bus ploughed into a crowd of pedestrians in south-eastern Bulgaria, killing at least 16 people and injuring 20 others.

Police say the driver appeared to lose control of the vehicle after its brakes failed while travelling down a mountain pass near the town of Yambol, called Bakadzhik peak.

The victims had been walking up the peak to attend a traditional Ascension Day feast and fair held on the summit.

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