Monday sees highest road death toll for single day this year

Six people died on Czech roads on Monday, the highest death toll for a single day so far this year. Four of the dead were killed when the car they were travelling in was involved in a collision with a truck near Chomutov in the north-west of the country. Police said the driver of the car was most likely to blame for the accident after overtaking dangerously. 2010 has so far seen the lowest number of road deaths in two decades; police said that was mainly due to heavy snows which kept cars off the roads.

Author: Ian Willoughby