Austrian police say a couple from Romania were killed when they were hit by two vehicles as they attempted to cross one of the country’s main roads on foot.

Police in Lower Austria province said the accident happened early Friday on the A1 autobahn near Amstetten, west of Vienna.

The 50-year-old man and 40-year-old woman, who weren’t identified, had stopped at a lay-by across the highway from a service station.

Police say they reached the service station by crossing the road on foot and were hit by a van, then run over by a truck as they tried to return.

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