Chaos on the highways: truck drivers devastated with snake lines!
Chaos on the highways: truck drivers devastated with snake lines!
A terrifying scenario on Germany's highways: A truck driver has triggered a chain reaction of accidents with his dangerous driving style in North Rhine-Westphalia. According to reports from Volksblatts , at least 19 people were injured when the truck in snake lines raced over the A46 and the A1 and got involved around 50 vehicles. The police only managed to stop the truck after a dramatic collision. The chaos occurred on Saturday afternoon when the driver ignored stops, while other road users desperately tried to get to safety.
eyewitnesses describe frightening scenes: cars turned to escape attempted and there was a traffic jam. The NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul warned that the situation could have ended worse: there are concerns about the causes of the accident, worrying indications of alcohol and drug use as well as a possible mental illness of the driver. In the initial investigations, the police found that the Polish driver, who was reported around 4:25 p.m., had a share of over 1.6 per thousand, such as the The end of a chaotic journey
The driver was finally arrested and taken to a hospital. The first reports show that he could be mentally unstable. However, the blood tests will take some time. This shocking driving style is part of a number of similar incidents, as is a recent case on the A8 near Irschenberg, where another truck driver had already caused accidents in a strongly alcoholic constitution. Here, too, the driver was stopped with a blood alcohol value of over 1.6 per thousand and must now be responsible for danger to road traffic. These incidents illustrate the urgent need for measures to ensure traffic safety and the protection of all street users. While intensive studies are running, it is hoped that such extreme traffic offenses can be prevented in the future.
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