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39 people are injured after the accident on Saturday afternoon.
The case is updated!
The dramatic accident happened on the M1 motorway at Herceghalom outside the capital Budapest.
A total of 43 vehicles, including six trucks, were involved in the accident, and 21 cars caught fire, writes the Hungarian newspaper Glance.
According to the newspaper, the accident must have occurred during a dust stormdust stormviolent storm that stirs up dense clouds of dust from loose, dry soil.
Initially, a total of 36 injured were reported, of which the situation is serious for 13, and life-threatening for one. On Saturday evening, the number of injured was raised to 39, according to a spokesperson for the Hungarian health authorities, write Blikk.
Traffic is stopped in both directions, and rescue work is ongoing.
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