Serbian Truck Driver, 26, Found Dead in Bulgaria
The body of a young driver from the Novi Pazar area was found under an overpass in Bulgaria, three days after he left his truck at a border crossing. Bulgarian authorities are conducting an autopsy.
- A driver, 26, from near Novi Pazar was found dead in Bulgaria, not far from his truck.
- He had been missing for three days; he left the truck at a border crossing and crossed into Bulgaria on foot.
- His body was found under an overpass, outside the border zone; a murder was initially suspected.
- Bulgarian authorities are carrying out an autopsy to establish the exact cause of death.
A 26-year-old truck driver from the area around Novi Pazar has been found dead in Bulgaria, not far from the vehicle he was driving. His body, according to Bulgarian authorities, was discovered beneath an overpass, outside the border zone. The young man had been missing for three days before he was found.
Based on what is known so far, the driver left his truck at a border crossing and then continued on foot into Bulgaria. Why he abandoned the vehicle and set off without his cargo is not yet clear. Bulgarian police are examining the circumstances of the death, and no official finding has been released.
The area lies on the border with Turkey, where hundreds of freight vehicles pass through every day. The truck remained parked at the crossing, and money from the previous haul was reportedly still in the cab. If confirmed, that detail would rule out robbery as a motive.
What is known about the circumstances
The case was treated as suspicious from the outset. Investigators initially considered the possibility of a violent death. According to unofficial information now emerging, that early suspicion is being called into question. The definitive answer should come from the autopsy.
The young driver was not reported as involved in any road accident, and there were no signs of a collision. His disappearance was noticed when he stopped answering and the truck failed to continue its route. His family waited for days for news, which in the end was the worst possible.
Bulgarian authorities are working to establish the precise cause of death. Until the forensic and autopsy results are in, every version remains open. In cases like this, the autopsy usually decides between accident, sudden death, and a criminal act.
Why did the driver leave the truck at the crossing?
That is the question the investigation still has to answer. The driver left the vehicle in a marked spot and then set off alone. Without witness statements and surveillance footage, any conclusion would be premature. Reconstructing his movements in his final hours will be key.
Cooperation between Serbian and Bulgarian authorities is routine in such matters, especially when a Serbian citizen dies abroad. Once the autopsy is complete, the body will be handed over to the family for burial. Until then, there is no official reading of what happened under that overpass.
What remains is the tragedy of a young man who left for work and never came home. How long, in your view, should a cross-border investigation like this take before the public gets a reliable answer?
