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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Two collisions one after another on a highway in western Hungary early Friday killed eight people, police said.

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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.

A damaged minibus is seen on the M1 motorway near Gyor, Hungary, Friday, June 12, 2026, after the vehicle ran into a truck that had come to a stop due to a previous accident. (Csaba Krizsan/MTI via AP)
A damaged minibus is seen on the M1 motorway near Gyor, Hungary, Friday, June 12, 2026, after the vehicle ran into a truck that had come to a stop due to a previous accident. (Csaba Krizsan/MTI via AP)

Authorities closed one lane of the M1 highway toward Austria.

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar expressed condolences to the families of the victims.

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