Snail slime blamed for traffic accident

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Danger: snail slime ahead

Police in Germany have blamed "a whole caravan of snails" for an accident on the autobahn. Officers say the creatures left a patch of slime on the road, causing a young driver to lose control of his vehicle, which crashed and flipped over. The slime patch dried up shortly after the accident and no longer posed any danger to drivers, they added.

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