Three dead in 52 vehicle pile-up on German motorway
An aerial view showing wrecked cars and trucks after a multiple vehicle accident on A1 freeway near Cloppenburg, Germany, on Jan. 20. The crash which involved 52 vehicles happened on Friday night near the city of Muenster after fog settled over the stretch of autobahn 31 creating visibilty of just one metre.
Police are trying to establish if the bad weather is the only factor that triggered the huge accident which closed a 6 mile-long section of the motorway on Saturday.
Hundreds of emergency workers have been drafted to the scene with dozens of injured transported to nearby hospitals.
