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2 collisions on Hungarian highway kill 8 people

A truck caught fire after colliding with a construction vehicle near the city of Gyor around 4.30 am, killing one person and snarling traffic police said.
A damaged minibus is seen on the M1 motorway near Gyor, Hungary,after the vehicle ran into a truck that had come to a stop due to a previous accident.
A damaged minibus is seen on the M1 motorway near Gyor, Hungary,after the vehicle ran into a truck that had come to a stop due to a previous accident. AP
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BUDAPEST: 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 Gyor around 4.30 am, 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 Peter Magyar expressed condolences to the families of the victims.

Hungarian highway
City of Gyor
Gyor, Hungary
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