Deadly Sandstorm: Video of 80 car pile-up in Germany, 10 dead, dozens injured

RT 2011-04-09

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Ten people were killed and 44 injured in Germany on Friday when a freak sandstorm caused a motorway pile-up involving at least 80 vehicles. Police said 17 cars and three lorries went up in flames in the mass collision at Kavelstorf, near the Baltic Sea coast.They said the pile-up was likely caused when winds swept up loose topsoil from a recently plowed field, blocking the drivers' view. It took emergency workers until late in the evening to clear the stretch of motorway.
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