Serious accident on the A4: Glass bottles devastate lane in Gotha!

Serious accident on the A4: Glass bottles devastate lane in Gotha!

Gotha, Deutschland - Gotha (Germany) - on March 17, 2025, around 11:00 a.m., there was a serious traffic accident on the A4 towards Frankfurt. There were cleaning work on the right side of the road between the Gotha-Boxberg and Hiking Leben junctions, which is why the right lane was closed by a signal car. The 38-year-old driver of a saddle train recognized the barrier too late and tried an abrupt change on the middle lanes, which led to a side collision with the sign car. As a result, the right side of the semi -trailer tore open, and the load - a large amount of empties in the form of glass bottles - spread across all three lanes. Fortunately, no one was injured in this accident, but the salvation of the bottles was reported to the challenge, as reported by fireworld.at

The highway had to be completely closed after the accident to ensure a safe evacuation of the road. The traffic was diverted at the Gotha-Boxberg junction, which led to significant delays in the entire area. The amount of the damage is currently estimated at around 20,000 euros, the motorway police said. Such incidents, as well as this, show the dangers that exist on construction sites and cleaning work on motorways and underline the need to be caution. According to news.de the directional lane remains fully blocked until the completion of the rescue and cleaning work.