Thick fog triggers accident involving cars, a bus and four lorries, with 25 people injured and highway from capital to Adriatic coast blocked

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At least four people have been killed and 25 injured in a pile-up of more than 50 vehicles caused by thick fog in western Slovenia.



“Four people died and some 25 were injured, the clean-up operation continues but we do not expect that figure to change,” said a police spokeswoman, Anita Leskovec.

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She said at least 55 vehicles, including a bus and four lorries, were involved in the accident.

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Due to bad visibility “another three or four collisions” later took place at the same site, she said.

Public Radio Slovenija earlier quoted unofficial sources as saying that five people had died in the pile-up which happened early in the afternoon near Senozece, around 37 miles (60km) south-west of the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana.

Due to the accident the highway connecting the Adriatic coast with Ljubljana remained closed for several hours.