Four people have died, and another 12 have been injured, including children, following a devastating car pile-up on the S7 expressway in northern Poland. The accident occurred early Saturday and involved a lorry colliding with a car, triggering a chain reaction involving 18 cars and three trucks.
The horrific crash took place on the stretch of motorway heading toward the coastal city of Gdynia. According to reports from Polskie Radio, law enforcement confirmed that children were tragically among the victims of this catastrophic incident.
The lorry driver, a 37-year-old man, was arrested immediately following the crash. Karol Kościuk, a spokesman for the Pruszcz Gdański district police station, stated that preliminary findings indicate the driver may have rear-ended another vehicle, leading to the fatal pile-up. He added that the investigation is ongoing: “The truck driver was tested for sobriety and found sober. His blood has been taken for further toxicological analysis.”
While police continue investigating at the scene, the affected part of the S7 expressway remains off-limits to traffic. Authorities have warned that this disruption may last until lunchtime local time.
This tragedy comes just days after a separate incident in Nigeria, where at least 140 people were killed when an oil tanker exploded following a horrific crash. In that incident, the tanker reportedly “somersaulted in the air” after the driver lost control, causing fuel to spill across the road.
Locals rushed to the crash site to scoop up the spilt fuel, leading to a dramatic explosion that left over 100 dead. Another 50 individuals are reported to be seriously injured and receiving treatment in hospitals following the incident on a busy highway in Jigawa.
Police spokesperson Shiisu Lawan Adam explained, “The driver lost control, and the tanker somersaulted and spilt fuel into a drainage ditch. As a result, residents rushed to scoop the fuel when the explosion happened.”
The death toll in Nigeria is expected to rise as emergency crews continue to search through the burnt rubble. This tragedy occurred late on Tuesday evening, around 11:30 p.m., in the northern Nigerian village of Majiyain, near Khadija University, as the tanker was heading toward Nguru in Yobe. Flames and thick plumes of smoke were reported rising across the sky into the early hours of Wednesday.
