Wednesday turned out to be one of the deadliest days on Czech roads in recent times: according to police statistics, as of 2:30 pm, six people had died in accidents across various regions of the country.
The first fatal crash occurred in the morning on the D35 motorway in the Pardubice Region, killing a 51-year-old truck driver. Almost simultaneously, in Kolín, a passenger died after a car collided with a truck.
Another morning accident claimed the life of a car driver near the village of Krhov in the Blansko district, after a collision with a truck. In the Rychnov nad Kněžnou district, both drivers were killed when two cars collided head-on.
The tragic tally grew further in the afternoon: not far from the site of the morning crash near Krhov, a car collided with a truck, killing yet another person.
In total, according to police data, six people lost their lives on Czech roads in a single day, in several separate accidents involving both cars and trucks.
Source: novinky.cz