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Three Killed, At Least 13 Hurt in Road Accidents

Severe winter weather has hindered road traffic on Monday and Tuesday. Driving conditions are poor through most of southern and central Finland.

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Henkilöauton törmättyä rekkaan viljalastissa ollut rekka kellahti ojaan Lopella. Image: YLE / Timo Leponiemi

On Monday, there was a string of accidents around Finland.

Two people lost their lives on Highway 8 in Merikarvia, in the southwest, when a passenger car and van collided head-on.

In Loppi, in the Häme region, four people were injured in a pile-up on Route 54 involving a lorry, a van and a car. The accident began when the car struck a grain truck coming in the other direction. The lorry pushed the car about 20 meters and knocked over several traffic signs before tipping over itself. Then the car hit a van in its own lane.

Another multi-vehicle collision left one person hurt in Espoo. On the Turku motorway, a lorry struck a bus that was stopped on the side of road and was then itself rear-ended by a car. Another crash backed up traffic on Highway 7 between eastern Helsinki and Porvoo.

In Haukipudas, near Oulu, two people were injured in a head-on crash on Highway 4.

In Orivesi on Highway 9 another collision of a passenger car and van led to six people being injured.

Another Fatal Crash on Tuesday

The chaos on the roads continued on Tuesday. That morning, one person was killed in a two-car crash near the Ämmässuo landfill in Kolmperä, northern Espoo. The old Turku road was closed after the accident.

Highway 7 was partially blocked near Loviisa in the south-east after two multiple-vehicle crashes. First there was a collision involving two lorries and two cars, and later a separate multi-car pile-up.

Sources: YLE