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Eight killed in successive Hungary highway crashes, police say

BUDAPEST - Seven people were killed and two injured in western Hungary early on Friday when a minibus carrying nine individuals crashed into a truck idling in traffic caused by an earlier accident on the M1 highway, police said.

Eight killed in successive Hungary highway crashes, police say

View of the bus that rolled over on the M7 motorway, killing at least eight people, in the early hours of Sunday near Szabadbattyan, Hungary August 15, 2021. Photo: Reuters

The crash near Gyor, ⁠122 km west of Budapest, followed an earlier accident in the same area in which a truck collided with a construction vehicle, causing one death and a build-up of traffic.

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said in a Facebook post ‌that ⁠the victims were foreign nationals.

"I express my sincere condolences to the families," he said.

Magyar did not specify the nationality of the ⁠victims, and police did not immediately respond to Reuters' questions.

Police told news site 24.hu that ⁠all victims were men, that the minibus had Moldovan license plates and that ⁠the truck involved in the first accident also carried Moldovan licence plates.

Reuters
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