At least 6 dead in Serbia after massive road accident due to dense morning

Dense morning led to two multi-vehicle crashes Tuesday morning on a key Serbian highway, killing six people and injuring at least 27, police said.

The crashes involved a number of cars and trucks and probably happened because of the fog, police said in a statement.

Serbian state TV reported from the scene that some victims were stuck in their crashed cars for a while until rescuers pulled them out. One reporter described utter "chaos" against a backdrop of smashed cars and trucks.

The collisions took place on both sides of the main north-south highway in central Serbia, 110 kilometres (66 miles) southeast of the capital, Belgrade.

One unidentified truck driver told state TV that the fog was "dense as a wall." "I stopped and got out of the truck and then cars started bumping," he said.

Traffic has been halted in both directions amid the rescues and the crash investigation.

(With inputs from agencies.)