A terrible accident occurred on the A2 motorway.
Two Bundeswehr soldiers have died.
Werder - Two Bundeswehr soldiers were killed in an accident on the A2 motorway.
Police spokesman Heiko Schmidt reported that the two men were on Monday in a Unimog with a convoy of a total of 27 Bundeswehr vehicles between the Werder motorway triangle and the Lehnin junction (Brandenburg).
A2 accident: truck pushes Bundeswehr Unimog away
The column had been overtaken by a truck which, for reasons still unknown, had sheared to the right and pushed the Unimog off the lane.
Fatal accident on the A2: two Bundeswehr soldiers die
Schmidt reported that the Unimog hit the hard shoulder in front of the post of a traffic sign.
The two occupants died at the scene of the accident.
The truck driver was slightly injured.
The police have started investigations into the cause of the accident.
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Horror crash on the A2 motorway: two Bundeswehr soldiers were killed in an accident.
© Cevin Dettlaff / dpa
Bundeswehr soldiers killed in accident - full closure of the A2 towards Magdeburg
The A2 motorway is fully closed between the Werder and Lehnin motorway triangle in the direction of Magdeburg (Saxony-Anhalt), the Brandenburg police tweeted. Road users are asked to drive around the area and think of an emergency lane.
(ml, dpa)