Autobahn tragedy: concrete slab comes loose and crashes into a car - woman dies

Part of a motorway noise barrier had apparently loosened - and now crashed into a passing car.

The driver died.

• On the

  A3

  , a concrete slab fell from a

  noise barrier

  .

• The

  panel, which weighed

  tons

  , hit a passing car - the driver of the car was

  killed

  .

• The criminal police are now investigating the scene of the accident -

  NRW Transport Minister

  Wüst is

  dismayed.

Cologne - A

on a motorway near Cologne has become a woman's fatal doom: On Friday, a heavy

from the wall onto a car

on the A3

- the driver was killed.

The dead woman was later rescued from the car.

According to the police, the fire brigade

lifted

the

with a crane on Friday afternoon, moved the car and finally got the woman out.

NRW Transport Minister

showed opposite the

shocked by the

: "The news of the accidental death of motorist has me deeply shaken.

My thoughts are with the relatives of the deceased. "

Concrete slab falls from the noise barrier on the car - the police investigated

The police blocked the A3 in the direction of

from

and led the

traffic

between the motorway junction and the

past the accident site.

The police have blocked several tram lines to and from Cologne-Holweide to record the accident. 

The traffic

accident recording team

and the

have started investigations at the accident site.

The right lane along the noise barrier, where the accident occurred, was

initially closed to traffic

for

, according to information from the

.

"Experts are checking whether there are any other loose elements," a police spokesman told the editorial team.

(frs with material from dpa)