Mass crash on the highway: chaos collision after sudden snowfall

Created: 2022-01-20 14:19

By: Martina Lippl

Pile-up on the highway near Prague.

© Police

Trucks and cars are completely wedged together.

Aerial footage shows a section of a highway near Prague.

Rescue workers are on site.

Prague - The section is 150 meters long.

Crashed vehicles can be seen everywhere.

Emergency services and rescue workers are on site.

People are evacuated from their vehicles.

Four injured were transported to hospitals by helicopter and ambulance.

Czech Republic: pile-up on the highway towards Prague

After a sudden snowfall, there was a pile-up on the D5 motorway towards Prague near Horovice in the Czech Republic on Thursday (January 20).

Around 25 vehicles are involved in the crash.

There should be 14 trucks and 22 cars, the police and emergency services said via Twitter.

The number of people involved in the accident was initially unclear.

The police published aerial photos of the scene of the accident via Twitter.

The photos show trucks and cars completely blocking the road towards Prague.

Chaos crash on the highway: After sudden snowfalls, 40 vehicles crashed into each other.

© Police

Mass crash on the highway near Prague - section completely closed

The scene of the accident was divided into three sections.

An evacuation bus for uninjured was requested.

The A5 motorway is completely closed in both directions for rescue and clearance work.

Traffic will be diverted, police said.

The scene of the accident is around 50 kilometers south-west of Prague.

The motorway is part of the European route E50, which connects the Czech capital with Nuremberg.

The Czech police meanwhile warns of further freak weather in the next few hours.

The road conditions in southern Moravia were already difficult at noon.

Trucks would have stopped.

There is also a strong wind.

There are also problems at the Strážný border crossing in the direction of Germany.