Serious accident on the A5 autobahn: a car hit a beer pump at the Gräfenhausen Ost service station on Monday morning.
The occupant of the car is dead.
Weiterstadt - A vehicle hit a beer pump on Monday morning at around 6:50 a.m. at the Gräfenhausen Ost rest stop on Autobahn 5 and caught fire.
According to the Hesse police headquarters, the occupant of the accident car died.
According to the police, the identity of the person has not yet been determined.
Raststätte Graefenhausen Ost: car crashes into the tank system - inmate dead
The fire spread to the other pumps.
Another vehicle caught fire.
The extinguishing work is in full swing.
The area around the tank system is largely cordoned off.
The roof of the gas station is in danger of collapsing.
Heavy smoke is moving towards the motorway.
According to the police, traffic is temporarily diverted past the tank and rest area in the two left lanes of the A5 motorway.
The cause of the accident is initially completely unclear.
The Kripo determined.
According to a testimony, it should have driven at high speed, as a spokesman further reported.
(dpa / ml)
