Two injured in Spanish landslide

A landslide buried three lanes of a highway in northern Spain this morning, temporarily trapping a dozen people in their cars and slightly injuring two, authorities said.

Two injured in Spanish landslide

A landslide buried three lanes of a highway in northern Spain this morning, temporarily trapping a dozen people in their cars and slightly injuring two, authorities said.

The landslide occurred some 31 miles east of the northern Basque city of Bilbao on the A-8 highway when a hillside collapsed and an avalanche of boulders hurtled onto and buried a section of the roadway.

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