[8] According to Bulgaria's Deputy Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov, the passengers were trapped inside the vehicle after it caught fire and died "mainly of suffocation.

[14][15][16] Forty-four people were confirmed dead during the immediate aftermath of the crash,[1][2] but after an additional search on 26 November, the body of a child was recovered, bringing the death toll to forty-five.

The government declared Wednesday a National Day of Mourning for both victims of the crash and for the earlier deaths from a fire at a nursing home in Royak.

[20] On March 2024, the owner of the company "Besa Trans" in North Macedonia was given a prison sentence of a year and eight months, a fine of 800,000 denars (13,000 EUR) and a four-year ban for international transport due to document falsification.

[21] On 8 January 2025, the Pernik District Court ruled that the Road Infrastructure Agency bears partial blame for the crash.