31 hurt in Hokuriku highway pileup involving 61 vehicles

31 hurt in Hokuriku highway pileup involving 61 vehicles

IZUMI, Japan - Sixty-one vehicles piled up on the Hokuriku expressway in Izumi, Toyama Prefecture, on Feb. 3, injuring 31 people, four of them seriously.

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