Horror accident on the A2: Wonder that nobody died!

Horror accident on the A2: Wonder that nobody died!

On Thursday evening (December 12th), a serious accident occurred on the A2 at the Essehof Süd Restan system in the HELMSTEDT district, which, according to descriptions of the emergency services, borders on a miracle because nobody was killed. At 5.40 p.m., a 49-year-old truck driver failed to try to switch from the stand-up lane to the main lane. He suddenly collided with a tractor-moving tract, whose 54-year-old driver then lost control of his vehicle, broke through this middle protection plank and raced into oncoming traffic, where he collided with two cars that were traveling towards Hanover.

The chaos after the crash was enormous: the truck and the two cars left a hopeless debris field on the highway. The truck had "mown" about 20 meters, and a vehicle was so badly damaged that the engine block was torn out. A total of four people were injured, two of them seriously. These were immediately taken to surrounding hospitals. The blocking of the motorway lasted several hours, towards Hanover until 3.30 a.m. and towards Berlin until 11:30 p.m. to carry out the clean -up work and ensure the safety of the road.

Criticism of a lack of rescue alley

The fire brigade had to ask the drivers several times due to the difficult traffic situation to form a rescue alley. This was a challenge, especially in the Wolfsburg Königslutter motorway junction. Nevertheless, some drivers found the necessary understanding and helped, so that the emergency services could finally get to the scene of the accident. A drone was also mobilized to make aerial photographs of the site; The clean -up work went into the late evening.

The fire brigade and the police emphasize that such accidents should initiate further discussions about traffic safety and the behavior of drivers on motorways. The severity of the accident and the fact that there were no fatalities voices across the shock rigid in which the emergency services are located in the reports of news38.de and regionalheute.de .