Eight killed in successive Hungary highway crashes, police say

The crash near Gyor, ⁠122 km west of Budapest, followed an earlier accident in the same area in which a truck collided with a construction vehicle, causing one death and a build-up of traffic.

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said in a Facebook post ‌that ⁠the victims were foreign nationals.

"I express my sincere condolences to the families," he said.

Magyar did not specify the nationality of the ⁠victims, and police did not immediately respond to Reuters' questions.

Police told news site 24.hu that ⁠all victims were men, that the minibus had Moldovan license plates and that ⁠the truck involved in the first accident also carried Moldovan licence plates.