MOSCOW, September 11 (RIA Novosti) - At least one person was killed and more than 20 were injured in a major pileup early Monday on a southern Russian highway, emergency services said Monday.
At least 30 cars smashed into each other in heavy fog at 7:30 a.m. local time (3:30 a.m. GMT) on a highway on the outskirts of the city of Krasnodar, which is about 1,000 miles south of Moscow.
"One person died in the accident and 24 were injured," a spokesman said. "A total of 12 cars burst into flames."
Emergency services said it took firefighters one and a half hour to extinguish the fire.
