At least two dead in giant Japanese crash

TT

Published 11.48

 

Burnt-out cars after a chain crash involving 67 vehicles in the city of Minakami, Japan. Photo: Kyodo News Via AP/TT

Two people have died and 26 were injured, five seriously, in a traffic accident involving 67 vehicles northwest of Tokyo.

The giant crash occurred when two trucks collided on the highway near the city of Minakami and the vehicles behind them were unable to brake on the snowy road.

A fire broke out at one end of the chain crash and quickly spread to about twenty cars, several of which were completely burned out.