Tragic accident near Augsburg: in a traffic jam on federal highway 17, a BMW was pressed under a truck.
The driver died at the scene of the accident.
Graben - In a traffic jam on the main road, there was a tragic accident on Monday: A 58-year-old from the Augsburg district * was killed.
Horror accident in a traffic jam: BMW trapped under the truck - the driver (58) had no chance
Several lanes were brought together on the main road because of a construction site.
A backwater formed behind the threading eye.
The driver of a 26-tonner had apparently not noticed this at all.
His truck crashed straight into a BMW that was already there.
The impact of the collision was fierce.
So violently that the car in which a 58-year-old from Augsburg was sitting was pushed together between the truck and a tractor-trailer that was in front of her and pressed under the tractor-trailer in front of her.
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Dramatic accident: woman (58) dies in the BMW wreck
The semitrailer lurched, turned sideways and hit another truck that was stuck in a traffic jam.
A car in the neighboring lane was hit.
Flying debris hit another vehicle.
The BMW was pressed under the truck, both vehicles were pushed even further against a concrete embankment - the driver had no chance of survival in the horror collision: the 58-year-old died in the wreck of the car.
Crash in a traffic jam: trucks wedged - two rescue helicopters in action
After the accident, the motorway was like a field of rubble: the two trucks wedged in the dramatic crash and had to be pulled apart.
Because the compressed BMW was so badly damaged, the emergency services could not even see from the outside how many people were sitting in it.
The trucker who was in the semitrailer was seriously injured.
When it hit the concrete guardrail, the driver's cab tore off and came to rest on the windshield - the fire brigade had to rescue the trucker from his position with heavy technical equipment.
Accident near Augsburg: blood sample from truck driver to clarify driving ability
The injured were brought to the clinic with two rescue helicopters.
According to the police press release, the total damage is around 90,000 euros
Due to the large-scale deployment of the police and fire brigade, the federal road was completely closed for several hours - from around 4 p.m. to after 11 p.m.
In Graben, the next exit from the accident site, traffic chaos developed.
The public prosecutor's office has launched an investigation to clarify the cause of the accident.
For this, a blood sample was ordered from the person who caused the accident - a 42-year-old.
Another serious accident occurred in Tyrol: seven Germans * were injured near the German border when three vehicles - including a mobile home - collided.
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