Truck accident on the A21: closure and salvage are delayed for hours

Truck accident on the A21: closure and salvage are delayed for hours

in Schleswig-Holstein, a serious truck accident on the A7 motorway, near Bad Bramstedt in the Segeberg district, occurred late Thursday evening. The driver of the loaded semitrailer apparently slept at the wheel for a short time and lost control of the vehicle. The truck came off the road to the right and got into the ditch. No other road users were affected in the incident and there were no injuries.

The scene of the accident was located south between the Grossenaspe and Bad Bramstedt junction. The game protection fence along the motorway was broken at several meters. For the rescue of the truck, which was stuck in the ditch, heavy device was required, which was brought to the scene of the accident during the night on Friday. In order to raise the vehicle from the ditch, the ground had to be removed with an excavator. The salvage could be completed at around 1 a.m., and the damaged game protection fence was repaired by the highway championship the same night. The amount of the property damage incurred is not yet known.

further incidents and current developments

in parallel to this incident, it was reported that the A21 near Bad Oldesloe was closed to Wednesday due to a truck accident on Wednesday night. The truck had driven and overturned into the middle guideline, whereby the driver was slightly injured. The lock affected the A21 in both directions: north between Bad Oldesloe-Nord and Schwissel as well as south between Bad Oldesloe-Nord and Bad Oldesloe-Süd. A recovery duration of several hours has been forecast, as ndr.de reported.

In addition, there were failures in Schleswig-Holstein due to a storm flood of several ferry connections. The Föhr-Amrum line had to cancel most of the trips from Föhr and Dagebüll, and the Elbe ferry between Glückstadt and Wischhafen was discontinued until 9:30 a.m. Higher levels for the North Sea and the Elber region are predicted, as also reported by mopo.de

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien