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Ambulance (symbol image): A seriously injured and a slightly injured pregnant woman were taken to hospitals
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Eleven cars crashed into each other in a mass collision on the A1 near Elsdorf in Lower Saxony.
According to police information, 24 people were injured on Saturday afternoon.
A seriously injured and a slightly injured pregnant woman were taken to hospitals, the police said in the evening.
"Everyone else affected may have suffered minor injuries," it said.
"The rescue service declared a so-called mass casualty incident."
Around 15 ambulances were deployed.
According to the information, a driver had lost control of his vehicle around 3:13 p.m. in heavy rain.
He went off the road.
As a result, heavy traffic caused a kilometer-long traffic jam, it was said.
At around 3:50 p.m., more than ten cars collided at the end of the traffic jam near the Elsdorf junction.
The investigators estimated the damage to property at around 100,000 euros.
The Autobahn was completely closed from the Bockel junction in the direction of Hamburg.
The closure should last for hours, as the police announced in the early evening.
ani/dpa