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A 58-year-old was seriously injured in a rear-end collision on the A5 near Karlsruhe. The van driver hit a truck at the end of the traffic jam in the afternoon and was trapped in his vehicle, the police said. The fire department freed him and a rescue helicopter took him to the hospital.
A 58-year-old was seriously injured in a rear-end collision on the A5 near Karlsruhe. The van driver hit a truck at the end of the traffic jam in the afternoon and was trapped in his vehicle, the police said. The fire department freed him and a rescue helicopter took him to the hospital.
Because of the traffic jam between Rastatt-Nord and Karlsruhe-Süd heading north, the truck had its hazard lights on and braked heavily. The driver overlooked this and drove into the tractor-trailer at high speed, it was said.
The highway was closed briefly.
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On the A4 between Friedewald and Wildeck-Hönebach, a truck is blocking both lanes heading east. The driver was presumably uninjured, the cause is unclear. The closure is expected to remain in place for some time.
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