45 persons were killed in 336 accidents that happened on Polish roads over the long weekend between May 1st and May 3rd.

This is according to first estimates released by the police. Most people were killed on Saturday.

'Twenty people were killed in car accidents on Saturday, the 2nd of May, which is almost as much as on Thursday and Friday together. The traffic was heaviest on Thursday and Friday, but still most people were killed on Saturday. What we have observed is that when weather conditions are poor, drivers are more careful. But it was very sunny and dry on Saturday and that deceived drivers. They were speeding and that is most dangerous,' said Małgorzata Gołaszewska od Polish police headquarters.

The police also detained over 15 hundred drunken drivers.

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