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A bus careered down a mountainside called Bakadzhik Peak and plowed through a crowd of pedestrians. Photo by BGNES
The victims of the hellish bus crash at the Bakadzhik peak near the Bulgarian city of Yambol have become 18.
72-year-old Radka Stefanova Pehlivanova, passed away Sunday of her injuries in the Yambol hospital, Darik Radio reported.
She was among those who suffered the most severe injuries, and were immediately transported for medical help.
A bus careered down a mountainside called Bakadzhik Peak and plowed through a crowd of pedestrians heading to a religious festival in southeastern Bulgaria Thursday, killing 18 people and injuring at least 20.
Police said the bus had failed to stop due to a technical problem.
The driver of the bus which careered down a mountainside near Yambol in May 2009 and killed 18 people has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Supreme Court of Cassation (VKS).
The Yambol Regional Court sentenced to a total of 26 years behind bars the two defendants in the case of the so-called 'killer bus.
Nails, wire and a 5 stotinki coin were used instead of necessary parts in the bus that crashed killing 18 people near Yambol in May 2009, it was revealed in the local District Court Thursday.
The District Court in the southern city of Yambol began Monday the trial in the case of the deadly bus accident in May 2009.
The official charges against the two defendants in the May bus accident in the "Bakadzhik" area near the city of Yambol are ready and will enter the court by December 10.
The driver of the bus that caused the death of 18 Bulgarians in May, in the "Bakadzhik" area near the city of Yambol, has been officially charged by the Prosecution.
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