A66 near Fulda
Truck driver dies in rear-end collision – traffic jam caused by farmers’ demonstration
The fire department is attending to the scene of the accident on the A66 near Fulda
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The force of the impact was so extreme that three trucks were pushed onto each other. One of the drivers was seriously injured in the collision and another died on site. The traffic jam had formed behind a tractor demonstration by farmers.
A 47-year-old truck driver had a fatal accident on Autobahn 66 in East Hesse on Wednesday afternoon. For reasons still unknown, he drove into the back of a traffic jam caused by the farmers’ protests. Through the force of the As a result of the impact, a total of three trucks were pushed onto each other, the police said. A second truck driver suffered serious injuries and had to be taken to hospital.
Farmer protests on the A66 were registered
The collision caused several thousand liters of oil to spill onto the road. The highway maintenance department had to take over cleaning of the road, which meant that the right lane and the hard shoulder remained closed. The route between the Schlüchtern-Nord and Neuhof-Süd junctions was only reopened to traffic on Thursday afternoon. According to initial police estimates, property damage amounted to around 245,000 euros.
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On Demand from the ARD Hessenschau A police spokesman confirmed that the backlog on the A66 was caused by the farmers’ protests. The A66 had previously been completely closed to tractors for a registered tractor journey.