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Bei Sondierungsarbeiten in der Nähe von Neuss wurde eine Fünf-Zentner-Bombe aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg entdeckt.
Ein Blindgänger aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg hat am Mittag den Verkehr bei Neuss ausgebremst. Die Autobahn 57 war kurzfristig für etwa eine Stunde voll gesperrt worden, weil bei Sondierungsarbeiten in der Nähe eine Fünf-Zentner-Bombe gefunden worden war.
Um 14.14 Uhr gab die Stadt schließlich Entwarnung: Der Kampfmittelräumdienst habe die Bombe erfolgreich kontrolliert gesprengt. Die Sperrung zwischen dem Kreuz Neuss-West und der Anschlussstelle Büttgen sollte daraufhin aufgehoben werden. Zwischenzeitlich hatten sich in beide Richtungen Staus gebildet.
Anwohner waren nicht betroffen. Im Evakuierungsradius von 300 Metern rund um den Fundort seien nur wenige Gebäude, hatte die Stadt mitgeteilt.
A driver and a child were seriously injured in a traffic accident on the B42 near Neuwied. After an overtaking maneuver, the vehicle left the road, broke through the guardrail and overturned.
A 35-year-old driver suffered life-threatening injuries in a traffic accident in Gersten in the Emsland district. Her car left the road and collided with a telephone pole and a tree.
Due to the controlled explosion of a five hundredweight bomb, Autobahn 57 near Neuss will be closed for a short time from midday. The city expects high traffic volumes, but evacuations are not necessary.
After a rear-end collision involving three cars on the A5 near Mahlberg in the direction of Basel, both lanes were closed. One lane was reopened in the morning. Information on injuries and the cause of the accident was initially not available.
A World War II bomb was discovered during construction work in Braunsbedra in the Saale district. The evacuation of the exclusion zone is underway, with only a few commercial businesses being affected. The defusing should take place by midday, after which traffic closures could be lifted.
In Riegelsberg, a dilapidated, empty house collapsed and was due to be demolished. According to police, no one was injured. The collapse on Wednesday morning still blocked the Saarbahn route between Riegelsberg Süd and Etzenhofen, for which a replacement bus service had been set up.