Dozens injured in Bavaria
Two dead in mass crash on the A3
March 24, 2024, 9:56 p.m
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Heavy rain leads to three accidents within a very short time on the A3 near Würzburg. A total of 31 people are injured and two people lose their lives. Alerted rescue workers are on duty with a large contingent.
Two people died in a pile-up involving around 40 vehicles on the motorway near Würzburg. The Bavarian Red Cross said 31 people were injured in the afternoon accidents in heavy rain, four of them seriously. There were a total of three accidents in a row. A police spokeswoman said that Autobahn 3 in the direction of Nuremberg was completely closed.
According to the spokeswoman, a rear-end collision initially occurred around 4 p.m. in which several vehicles were involved. Immediately afterwards, the first subsequent accident occurred about 100 meters away in a backlog. Three vehicles caught fire. About half an hour later there was another accident in a traffic jam, in which several vehicles were again involved. A large number of police, fire brigade and rescue workers are on site.
The Bavarian Red Cross announced that a large contingent of rescue workers was on duty. Three rescue helicopters have now landed on the highway. Around 30 uninjured people involved in the accident are also being looked after by aid organizations. A care center has been set up for the emergency services for after-deployment care.
Just yesterday, a mass collision occurred on the A31 in Emsland, Lower Saxony. During a hailstorm with heavy rain, there were several accidents at the same time with at least nine people injured. A small child and an adult were seriously injured. A thick layer of ice had formed on the road due to the hailstorm. The motorway was completely closed to the north to recover the vehicles and clean the road. A kilometer-long traffic jam formed.