100 vehicle pile-up near Poznan injures 30

Some 30 people were injured, five of them children, when over 100 vehicles were involved in an accident near Swarzedz yesterday morning on the main highway linking Berlin and Moscow. Poznan police spokesperson Magdalena Wiecha said that there were no fatalities. Awful weather is to blame for the accident as that morning the roads were icy and a very thick fog limited visibility to only 20 meters. Among the damaged vehicles were trucks and passenger cars as well as a tourist coach. Some 14 ambulances were needed to take the victims to three hospitals around Poznan. They suffered mostly fractures, head and facial injuries and concussion. One child is reported to be in a critical condition. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4; Reuters) K.Z.