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Finland: 2 Dead, 12 Injured in Good Friday Crashes
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by Pasi | April 10, 2009 at 11:59 am
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Winter came back - if it ever had left.
Two people are dead and at least a dozen injured after a series of road accidents at the beginning of the Easter weekend. In Central Finland and Northern Ostrobothnia, slush has made roads dangerously slippery.
Early Friday morning, two Russian lorry drivers were killed when their vehicles collided in Virolahti near Hamina in the south-east. One truck apparently swerved into oncoming traffic. Road and weather conditions were good at the time.
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at 12:13 on April 10th, 2009
Is is common to have snow in April?
at 01:01 on April 11th, 2009
Yes, it snows every April. Sometimes it may snow in May. It is rare to snow in June.
at 17:24 on April 10th, 2009
what is odd is that there were so many accidents, the Finns are amongst the best drivers.
see this article
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/mar/10/formulaone17
at 01:03 on April 11th, 2009
Dead drivers were both Russians.
Some drivers (the stupid ones) change the summer wheels immediately, when the roads are clear from ice and snow.
at 07:08 on April 11th, 2009
Snow and ice is always a problem in the UK where people do not know how to even use snow chains and most people do not own them.