Six dead in German autobahn crash

Cars pass a 120 km/h (75 mph) speed limit sign on the A27 Autobahn near the northern German city of Bremen in this file picture.

Cars pass a 120 km/h (75 mph) speed limit sign on the A27 Autobahn near the northern German city of Bremen in this file picture.

Published Jan 1, 2017

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Munich - Six people are dead and a further 13 are injured

following a multi-car crash on a motorway in southern Germany early

Sunday, local police said.

The crash occurred in foggy conditions near the town of Bad

Groenenbach on the A7 autobahn around 1am (0000 GMT), according to a

Bavarian police spokesman.

Rescue operations are continuing, authorities said, and the road has

been closed in one direction.

Germany's ADAC motoring organization reported Thursday that the

number of traffic-related deaths on German roads in 2016 dropped by

5.2 per cent in comparison to last year. Around 3 280 people lost

their lives, the organization said.

ANA-dpa

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