Fresh snow complicating traffic around the country

A night of heavy snow resulted in a pile up involving thirty cars on the R1 motorway near the town of Mladá Boleslav early on Saturday, in which six people were injured. Ten to fifteen centimeters of fresh snow fell around the Czech Republic overnight with more heavy snow lowering visibility in the course of the day. The police report a heightened number of accidents in all regions. A Polish mother driving two children crashed on an icy road near Jihlava late on Friday. One of the children was killed on impact, the mother and surviving child are both in critical condition in hospital. The police have warned drivers to slow down and exercise caution.