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Rachel Hagan

Seven die in devastating high-speed crash as cars collide before bursting into flames

A suspected drink-driver has killed seven people in a horrific three-car motorway pile-up when cars burst into flames.

Five 19-year-olds in a Mercedes died in Germany when their car caught fire after a BMW trying to overtake another car drifted over to the wrong side of the motorway bypass.

The BMW then hit a Volkswagen Caddy, killing the 60-year-old driver when the car caught fire on the B247 motorway in the central German state of Thuringia, on Saturday around 5.30pm.

A 73-year-old passenger in the VW managed to pull themselves out of the burning car and survived, while a 44-year-old passenger in the BMW also died in the crash.

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