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Fatal truck crash: 26,000 liters of sugar beet syrup stick to the highway

2020-02-18T11:33:29.197Z


Three trucks crashed into each other on the A61 motorway. Three drivers were injured in the accident. One of the vehicles had loaded a sticky mass.


Three trucks crashed into each other on the A61 motorway. Three drivers were injured in the accident. One of the vehicles had loaded a sticky mass.

  • A mega accident has occurred on the A61 motorway near Bonn (Rhineland-Palatinate).
  • Three trucks were involved in a crash on Monday afternoon (February 17th).
  • A truck had loaded tons of syrup.

Koblenz - The A61 motorway was blocked for hours. In the direction of Cologne, three trucks were involved in an accident at around 2.35 p.m. on Monday afternoon (February 17), the Koblenz police said.

A truck had overlooked the end of a traffic jam and was hurtling onto a silo truck loaded with around 26,000 liters of sugar beet syrup . As a result of the collision, the vehicle was pushed onto another truck.

A 50-year-old truck driver was caught in his cab and seriously injured. Two other drivers (26 and 34 years old) suffered minor injuries, according to the police. A driver whose car was hit by debris remained unharmed.

A61: 20 tons of sugar beet syrup glues the entire motorway

The crash resulted in 20 tons of sugar beet syrup. The mass was more than a centimeter thick on both lanes and on the hard shoulder. A specialist company came to remove the sticky mass.

The A61 motorway was completely closed between Sinzig and Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler until evening. The salvage of the opened semitrailer was so difficult that the emergency services ordered a crane to the scene of the accident. The recovery and cleaning work continued into the evening. At around 10:45 p.m. the motorway was closed again.

The fire brigades from Ahrweiler, Heimerzheim and Burgbrohl as well as two ambulances and an ambulance helicopter were in action. THW Ahrweiler illuminated the scene of the accident in the evening so that work could continue.

A drama occurred last autumn on the A81 motorway: a rock falls on the A81 near Villingen-Schwenningen in Baden-Württemberg. This ended fatally for a Porsche driver. 8,000 liters of wheat beer - and a lot of broken glass: A spectacular accident with a beer truck, as Merkur.de * reports, made headlines in Munich.

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* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

Source: merkur

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