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Two motorists arrested after Thessaloniki bus stop crash [update]

A 75-year-old man was killed and another five people injured after a 20-year-old motorist veered off the road in the area of Oraiokastro in Thessaloniki on Tuesday and crashed into a small crowd waiting at a bus stop.

The five injured people were transferred to hospital, according to police.

They reportedly included a 41-year-old woman and her three children, and another 51-year-old woman.

Traffic police were seeking to establish the cause of the accident, which occurred at 10.30 a.m.

Police arrested the 20-year-old and a second motorist, aged 72, whom the former had swerved to avoid.

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