A thick fog caused a massive accident killing 3 and injuring more than 35 people on the German highway
A thick fog caused a massive accident killing 3 and injuring more than 35 people on the German highway
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The crash involved 52 vehicles and occurred on Friday night near the city of Muenster after fog settled over the stretch of autobahn (highway).u00a0u00a0u00a0
Crash course: Investigating officials claim the fog caused the 52-car
pile-up on the autobahn but are still studying the actual cause of the
accident. pics/afp
Experts are investigating details of the accident, which drew hundreds of emergency workers to the scene. A stretch of highway nearly 6 miles long was closed.
Fourteen people were taken to nearby hospitals and 21 people suffered from minor injuries. It is not known exactly what caused the accident.
In a separate accident, five people were killed and two severely injured in a head-on car collision in the western city of Aachen early on Saturday.
Police said the likely cause of the accident was a speeding motorist.
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