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Feldjäger at the scene of the accident
Photo: Marius Bulling / dpa
US military transporters loaded with tons of explosives and rockets ran into each other on Thursday afternoon on Autobahn 6 between Heilbronn and Nuremberg.
Two military personnel were seriously injured, the police said.
Although one of the transporters caught fire, according to an initial police assessment, the dangerous cargo remained undamaged.
The fire was quickly extinguished by the fire department.
The A6 at Kirchberg an der Jagst was blocked in both directions.
Miles of traffic jams formed.
The explosives are now to be reloaded onto replacement vehicles.
Since they were not equipped with detonators, no acute danger can be assumed, said a police spokesman.
The US Army vehicles were traveling in a convoy towards Nuremberg.
Other vehicles were not involved according to initial findings.
The two seriously injured were taken to clinics by helicopter, among other things.
The exact cause of the accident has not yet been determined, according to the police.
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