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Moscow's Crazy Roads: Motorist Causes 7-Car Pileup After Making Wrong Turn

By The Moscow Times

A Moscow motorist caused a major road accident Nov. 5 when he ended up driving into oncoming traffic on a busy, five-lane stretch of Prospekt Mira.

According to a blogger who posted footage of the Mitsubishi Lancer driver's schoolboy error, the man responsible caused a seven-car pileup and was sober at the time.

When asked for an explanation, the driver simply said, "I missed my turning!"

Moscow's Crazy Roads:

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