2 dead in multiple car smashup on Hokuriku Highway

2 dead in multiple car smashup on Hokuriku Highway

FUKUI, Japan - Damaged cars are parked on the hard shoulder of the Hokuriku Highway in Imajo, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 4 after a smashup involving 23 vehicles, in which two people were killed and 20 others injured.

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