Four dead & 12 injured, including children, after 18 car pile-up on motorway when lorry ‘rear-ended’ vehicle in Poland

FOUR people have died and another 12 injured, including children, after a horror car pile-up on a motorway.

A lorry is said to have collided with a car in on the S7 expressway in northern Poland, triggering a chain reaction with 18 cars and three trucks.

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A horror pile-up crash took place in Poland on Saturday[/caption]

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Four people have died and 12 were injured[/caption]

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Three trucks and 18 cars were involved in the motorway tragedy[/caption]

The horror crash took place early Saturday on the stretch of motorway heading toward the coastal city of Gdynia.

Cops confirmed that children were tragically among the victims, Polskie Radio reports.

The lorry driver, a 37-year-old man, was immediately arrested, according to the Polish outlet.

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