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Last survivor of Struma motorway bus crash transported to North Macedonia

Photo: Ani Petrova, BNR

Today, the last of the survivors of the tragic accident with a bus of a North Macedonian company on Bulgaria's Struma motorway was discharged from the Neurosurgery Clinic of the Pirogov Emergency Hospital in Sofia. A medical team from North Macedonia transported the patient to his homeland. He underwent several surgical interventions at Pirogov Hospital.

On November 23, 2021, seven persons injured in the severe accident were admitted to Pirogov emergency hospital, after which, depending on their condition, they were gradually discharged.



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