BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Two collisions one after another on a highway in western Hungary early Friday killed eight people, police said.
A truck caught fire after colliding with a construction vehicle near the city of Győr around 4.30 a.m., killing one person and snarling traffic, police said.
About half an hour later, a minibus with Moldovan license plates slammed into a truck that stopped on the highway following the first accident. The second crash killed seven people and seriously injured two, police said.
Authorities closed one lane of the M1 highway toward Austria.
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar expressed condolences to the families of the victims.
Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
Indonesian students protest government policies as economic pressures grow
Hezbollah confident any US-Iran deal will include Lebanon, politician says
Kazakhstan’s ruling party announces merger with pro-Tokayev upstart
Ebola outbreak spreads to crowded displacement camp in Congo