Two Killed, One Critically Injured in Fiery Highway Crash Near Patras

Two radical person been killed and different critically injured successful a fiery, head-on collision betwixt a rider car and a pickup motortruck connected the Olympia Odos road adjacent Patras.

The operator of the rider car, a 70-year-old woman, was killed aft her conveyance burst into flames.

A antheral successful the pickup motortruck besides died from his injuries, portion a 2nd rider from the motortruck is successful captious information astatine a section hospital.

The origin of the clang is nether investigation, with authorities looking into conflicting eyewitness reports. One mentation is that the pickup motortruck was traveling the incorrect mode connected the highway, portion different suggests it mislaid power portion attempting to overtake different vehicle.

Eyewitnesses described a chaotic scene, with bystanders attempting to combat the blaze with occurrence extinguishers arsenic the burning vehicle's artillery and state vessel exploded.

Traffic connected the Patras-bound broadside of the road was unopen down for hours.