Around 100 cars collided in a huge pileup in a heavy snowstorm in the Czech Republic today, completely blocking its main highway, officials said.
Six people were seriously injured and about 18 others suffered light injuries in accidents on the road from the capital Prague to the southeastern city of Brno, said Regional Governor Milos Vystrcil.
"The worst situation is on the 100th kilometre in the direction towards Prague. There are about 100 cars (crashed)," he told Czech Television.
Hundreds of other cars were stuck in the jam, which closed about 50 km (30 miles) of a highway that has been increasingly congested by a growing number of trucks carrying goods between new factories in eastern Europe and western European markets.
The national weather institute forecast more heavy snowing and high winds with speed of up to 108 km per hour for tomorrow.