Human error likely cause of deadly Bulgaria bus crash, investigators say

FILE PHOTO: Pupils of the elementary school Ismail Qemali hold flowers to pay their respect to six of their friends and other victims of the bus crash in Bulgaria, in Skopje, North Macedonia, November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian investigators said on Thursday that human error was the most likely cause of a bus crash that killed more than 40 people.

The bus was carrying tourists, including children, from North Macedonia returning from a weekend trip to Turkey. It crashed in flames on a highway in western Bulgaria before daybreak on Tuesday.