Serious accident on the A5 near Frankfurt: the truck is on fire – the motorway is closed
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Kerstin Kesselgruber
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There is a serious accident on the A5 near Frankfurt. The driver of a truck must be freed from his burning vehicle.
+++ 19.55 p.m .: The fire brigade has provided further details on the extinguishing measures after the truck fire on the A5 near Frankfurt. According to this, the emergency services have to sprinkle environmentally harmful operating materials, diesel and cooling water with binding agents in order to prevent the substances from getting into the ground and thus into the groundwater. 600 liters of diesel were pumped out of the diesel tank. In addition, two firefighters were slightly injured during the operation and were taken to the hospital.
A specialist company is now supposed to recover the completely burned-out wreck and the road maintenance department will prepare the motorway section near Frankfurt for traffic again. The full closure has now been lifted, but it continues to build up for a few kilometers.
Serious accident on the A5 near Frankfurt: the truck is on fire – the motorway is closed
First report from Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021, 3:52 p.m .: Frankfurt – A truck caught fire on the A5 in the direction of Darmstadt, as the Frankfurt autobahn police confirmed when asked. According to initial information, the fire broke out after an accident between two trucks between Frankfurter Kreuz and Zeppelinheim. The truck has now been deleted, according to a police spokesman. However, operating fluid leaked, the fire brigade is still busy cleaning the street, according to the spokesman. The fire caused massive smoke development in the meantime. A rescue helicopter was also used.
According to a spokesman for the fire department, it is not yet foreseeable how long the measures by the fire brigade, police and rescue workers will take. The A5 in the direction of Darmstadt is currently still closed. One lane was released for traffic again. The cause of the accident is still unclear.
Accident on A5: truck driver helps colleagues from a burning vehicle
Another truck driver who said he was involved in the accident spoke to the agency 5vision.media. According to him, his vehicle was rammed by the truck. First, he believed that the other truck driver wanted to run away after the collision, reports the witness from the scene of the accident.
But instead the truck crashed into the lane separation in the middle of the highway. At this point in time, the vehicle is said to have been on fire, the witness said. He immediately dialed the emergency number and half of his colleague who had had an accident from his driver’s cab. The driver’s door was so damaged that the driver involved in the accident had to be freed from the passenger side. The helper himself remained unharmed. The police have not yet confirmed the witness’s testimony. (kke / spr)