Snow causes 100-car pile-up in Austria

At least one person was killed and several seriously hurt in a pile-up of around 100 vehicles on Austria's main east-west highway…

At least one person was killed and several seriously hurt in a pile-up of around 100 vehicles on Austria's main east-west highway today.

Cars negotiating heavy snowfall in Austria today
Cars negotiating heavy snowfall in Austria today

The crash occurred on a motorway linking Vienna and Salzburg that was covered in snow.

Several people are trapped in their cars. Some helicopters had to abort a rescue mission due to heavy snowfall.

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