Fatal truck accident on A7 near Kassel: Settlement work is ongoing!

Fatal truck accident on A7 near Kassel: Settlement work is ongoing!

A tragic truck accident led to a full closure towards Hanover on the A7 near Kassel early Tuesday morning. According to the information from daily show Trucks on. In the impact, the occupants of the vehicle that had become ready to drive suffered such serious injuries that the driver was killed. However, the driver of the breakdown truck was not in his vehicle at the time of the accident.

The collision occurred around 3:30 a.m. between the Kassel-Mitte and Kassel-Ost motorway junctions. The rescue work is challenging, because the two trucks are completely wedge and rubble are scattered over the highway, as a police spokesman FFH announced. The clean -up work was still on the go at noon, whereby a trace could already be released again. However, the traffic jam continues to extend to the triangle of Kassel-Süd.

High damage and investigation

Investigators appreciate the property damage to both trucks on an amount in the six -figure area, while an expert should now examine the exact circumstances of the accident. So far, the police have not published a final information about the cause of the accident, which also complicates the situation. The rescue work could take a long time, as media reported.