Fourteen people die in traffic accidents, including nine Slovaks

Nine Slovak citizens died in two separate traffic accidents in the Czech Republic on Monday. Six people died and five were injured when a bus from Slovakia crashed on the country's main motorway linking Prague to the Slovak capital Bratislava in the early hours of Monday. The victims include a seven-month-old girl, her 24-year-old mother and a 23-year-old pregnant woman. Another three Slovaks died in a traffic accident involving two cars in North Moravia. Monday was one of the most tragic days on Czech roads this year, with road accidents claiming 14 victims, the highest death toll in 2004.