D1 highway witness to tragedy

One man died at the scene of a highway accident on the D1 motorway near Brno on Sunday, and the driver of the vehicle was taken to hospital with critical injuries.

It is the second serious accident on the D1 motorway to take place over the weekend. On Saturday, the D1 was closed for over 10 hours as police conducted an investigation into a major accident involving a semi-truck and thirteen other vehicles.