After the accident on D5, trucks were dumped from the trucks, it is closed in the morning
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| photo: Fire and Rescue Service of the Central Bohemian Region
The highway was initially impassable for more than an hour, then managed to clear one lane. Before nine o’clock, the police closed the whole strip towards Pilsen again due to the rescue of the crashed cars.
One of the trucks was carrying tires, the other empty bottles. In the accident, the bottles spilled onto the road and broke. “We’ve taken fire-fighting measures on trucks,” Flieger said.
The police diverted traffic at the 34th kilometer near Žebrák, the drivers could return at the 41st kilometer near Cerhovice. At 7:40 the traffic on the highway was resumed, but before 9:00 the police closed the highway again.
According to images from cameras on the highway, the columns reached exit 28 before ten in the morning, which was the last chance to leave the highway for cars leaving Prague.
“Two lanes have to drive in the direction of Rozvadov, because heavy machinery will drive in there and rescue the trucks,” said Vlasta Suchánková, a spokeswoman for the Central Bohemian police, around nine o’clock.
It is also necessary to remove broken glass from the road.
Column on the D5 in the direction of Pilsen due to an accident at the 38th kilometer (December 20, 2021)