Two serious traffic accidents occurred on Hungary's M1 highway near Gyor in the early morning of June 12, resulting in eight deaths and two injuries [1, 2].
The first crash took place around 4:30 a.m. local time when a truck with Moldovan license plates collided with a construction vehicle, killing the truck driver [2]. The highway is located about 122 kilometers west of Budapest [1, 2].
Approximately 45 minutes later, a minibus carrying nine people crashed into the idling truck involved in the earlier accident. Seven of the minibus passengers, all men, died in the second collision and two others were injured [1, 2]. Both the minibus and the truck had Moldovan license plates [1, 2].
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar expressed his condolences on Facebook, saying, "I express my sincere condolences to the families," while noting that the victims were foreign nationals without specifying their nationality [1, 2].
Hungarian police confirmed both crashes happened on the M1 near Gyor on June 12 [1, 2]. The total death toll stands at eight, with seven killed in the minibus crash and one in the earlier truck accident, according to official reports [1, 2]. Two people remain injured following the minibus collision [1, 2].
