BUDAPEST, Hungary — A deadly sequence of highway accidents in western Hungary claimed eight lives during the early morning hours on Friday, according to law enforcement officials.
The first incident occurred around 4:30 a.m. when a truck crashed into construction equipment near Győr, resulting in one fatality and causing the truck to burst into flames. The accident created significant traffic delays on the roadway.
Approximately 30 minutes following the initial crash, a minibus bearing Moldovan license plates crashed into a truck that had come to a stop on the highway due to the earlier incident. This second collision resulted in seven deaths and left two people with severe injuries, authorities reported.
Officials shut down one lane of the M1 highway heading toward Austria following the accidents.
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar offered his sympathies to the families affected by the tragic incidents.
