A massive crash on a highway in Japan kills 1 person and injures 26 as the holiday season starts

A massive crash in snowy weather killed one person and injured 26 on an expressway in Japan late on Friday as the country kicked off its end-of-the-year holiday season. The Gunma prefectural highway police said Saturday that the pileup on the Kan-etsu Expressway started with a collision between two trucks in the town of Minakami, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) northwest of Tokyo. Out of the 26 injured, five were reported to be in serious condition.