Serious accident: tunnel closed - traffic jam to Dornbirn!

Serious accident: tunnel closed - traffic jam to Dornbirn!

A serious accident has ensured massive traffic disruptions in the region today. In the Augustenberg tunnel on federal road 10 between Karlsruhe-Grötzingen and Pfinztal, there were a collision of several vehicles around 9:30 a.m. The tunnel was immediately blocked in both directions for traffic, the police said. The incident caused fuel to emit, which required a comprehensive wet cleaning of the road. Since there are no injuries, the rescue workers focus on eliminating the source of danger.

traffic is diverted

Traffic is diverted via Grötzingen, which also led to considerable traffic jams in the area. According to the current reports, the traffic is already stowing back to Dornbirn North, and the urban area of ​​Bregenz is also heavily overloaded, as vorarlberg.orf.at . The exact duration of the blocking is currently unclear because cleaning can take several hours. According to initial estimates, the work should be completed until the early afternoon.

The police have ordered that the road is intensively cleaned on a distance of about 100 meters to remove the dangers and to release the route for traffic. Although the first forecasts indicated a reopening at 3:15 p.m., it took until around 5:30 p.m. before the experts could complete their work and the tunnel could be put back into operation. The situation has severely affected the mobility in the region, while the rescue workers and the police work tirelessly on eliminating the consequences, such as "https://bnn.de/karlsruhe/karlsruhe-stadt/groetzingen/b10-augustenburgtunnel-swatz-karls-und-pfinz-unfall-glated"> bnn.de reported.