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A massive crash on a highway in Japan kills 2 people and injures 26 as the holiday season starts

The pileup began with a collision between two trucks on icy roads, causing fires in at least 16 vehicles and leaving five people seriously injured, police reported.

  • A massive crash involving at least 10 vehicles occurred on a highway in Japan, killing 2 people and injuring 26 as the holiday season started.
  • The incident was caused by a crash between two trucks, sparking a chain reaction that set the vehicles on fire, with heavy snow and icy surfaces likely contributing factors.
  • It took about 7.5 hours to put out the fire, and a section of the highway was closed, leaving a line of charred vehicles in the outbound lane.
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On the expressway in the Japanese prefecture of Gunma, there was a mass accident involving 67 vehicles, two people killed in the accident, 26 others injured, and Kyodo reports with reference to the police.

·Riga, Latvia
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A pileup involving 50 vehicles on a snowy and icy highway in Japan has left two people dead and 26 injured. Several vehicles caught fire in the collision, and firefighters battled the flames for seven hours.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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A 77-year-old woman died and another 26 people were injured, of whom five are in serious condition.Finished after the collision, the flames, after 7 hours.It started with the impact of two trucks, which completely blocked the movement.The vehicles that came from the back could no longer stand on the Albanian car and fired each other.At the end of the bombing, more cars took fire, and the fire was exploding.The flames were extinguished just after…

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The Washington Post broke the news in on Friday, December 26, 2025.
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