Tragic pile-ups shock nation

13th December 2010

Heavy fog on the S-1 Expressway may have been to blame for the accidents

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One person was killed and approximately 40 left injured this week in two separate car pile-ups that occurred simultaneously on the S-1 Expressway in Silesia.

In total, an estimated 70 vehicles were involved in the two accidents, although authorities have yet to release any official information as to the causes of the crashes.

“Initially we had information coming through about several vehicles, but then we started to get news that there may be at least a dozen,” Aneta Golebiowska of the Silesian Fire Department told TVN. “At the moment we think that the fog is to blame.”

The services had extreme difficulty getting to the pile-ups as the two routes were blocked in both directi ...

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