A van transporting migrants crashed on Trakia motorway near Tsalapitsa village in Plovdiv region, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports.
At around 4 AM, a police patrol signalled a van travelling on Trakia motorway in the direction of Sofia to stop. Instead of doing so, the diver tried to get away and crashed into a signboard. 27 people who say they are Afghan were found inside the van. The driver, who is Bulgarian and has a criminal record, and three of the migrants have been taken to hospital to be examined.
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