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The A1 is closed between Bad Oldesloe and Bargteheide due to a truck accident. A diversion route is also blocked by another truck accident.
After an accident with a tractor-trailer, the A1 in the direction of Hamburg is completely closed between Bad Oldesloe and Bargteheide (Stormarn district). The driver of the tractor-trailer veered off the road during rush hour traffic in the morning for an unknown reason and got partially stuck in a field, the police said.
A short time later there was another accident on the diversion route on Pölitzer Hauptstrasse. A truck driver got stuck with his semi-trailer under a bridge underpass. This route is therefore also completely closed. Both drivers remained uninjured and rescue efforts are ongoing.
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