7 W. German Soldiers Killed in Car Crash
<i> Reuters</i>
HOLZKIRCHEN, West Germany —
Seven young West German army reservists celebrating the end of their military service were killed when the overcrowded car in which they were traveling smashed into a truck, Munich police said Friday.
The men, all in their early 20s, died when their car swerved out of control on the Salzburg-to-Munich highway during the night and hit a Romanian truck.
The driver of the truck was uninjured.
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