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Six people dead, six injured in Evros car collision

Six people dead, six injured in Evros car collision

Six people were killed while another six were seriously injured in northern Greece when a car drove into the opposite direction, colliding head-on with another vehicle, state-run broadcaster ERT reported on Saturday.

The deadly accident occurred at the 59th kilometre of the Makri-Komotini junction, when a car with 10 irregular migrants entered at breakneck speed into the opposite flow of traffic, to avoid stopping for a police check, hitting a car driven by a 45-year-old man who was returning from work.

Six people died instantly, including the drivers of the two vehicles, while another six migrants were taken to a hospital in Alexandroupolis.

Fire fighters at the scene struggled to extricate the passengers from the two vehicles which were completely destroyed. 

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