SOFIA, Bulgaria — A van carrying nine migrants who entered Bulgaria illegally crashed while being chased by police near the country’s eastern Black Sea coast, killing six of the migrants, officials said Friday.

The incident occurred near the city of Burgas shortly before midnight Thursday as police tried to stop the van, which had Romanian registration plates, Border Police Chief Anton Zlatanov told reporters.

He said the driver repeatedly refused to stop at the signals given and, eventually, attempted to evade spike strips set by the police. The driver lost control and the van slipped off the road, overturned and plunged into a lake bordering the highway, killing six migrants at the scene.

Four others, including the Romanian driver, sustained minor injuries and were given first aid at

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