Truck accident on A2: 24,000 liters of food oil ensure traffic chaos!

Truck accident on A2: 24,000 liters of food oil ensure traffic chaos!

A serious truck accident currently causes massive traffic problems on the A2 motorway near Ziesar in Brandenburg. A tank train has lost control there today at 4:08 p.m. and overturned, which gives 24,000 liters of cooking oil onto the road. The A2 is fully blocked between Teeßen and Ziesar in both directions, whereby the road towards Magdeburg has now been released again. However, the blocking remains towards Berlin, which leads to a long traffic jam.

The vehicles of several hundred drivers are already in line, while the police inform that the road must be cleaned thoroughly. In addition, rescue work of the truck is carried out, and according to the first reports, the truck driver was slightly injured. So far, nothing has been known about the exact cause of the accident, but it is certain that no other vehicles were involved in the incident. The rescue work could last until the evening, which will further delay the Situation for travelers. In addition, it is currently unclear whether an environmental risk is based on the expired food oil, which also complicates the situation. The scene of the accident is located southwest of Brandenburg an der Havel, near the state border with Saxony-Anhalt.

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The full -speed block not only ensures a stauchaos, but also leads to far -spacious diversions of the traffic stream. This is particularly problematic because the summer holidays in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia begin at the weekend. Many families are now looking for alternatives to safely get to their holiday destination. The traffic jams reach several kilometers and the patience of drivers is put to the test.

In the past few weeks there have always been accidents with trucks on the A2 that led to similar traffic jams. There were recently reports on other serious incidents, such as a truck accident between Lehrte Ost and Hämelerwald, where a truck has fallen and the middle guides have broken through, which had to block all six lanes. Such events are not only a danger to traffic safety, but also mean preprogrammed annoyances for commuters and travelers. [Transport-online.de] (https://transport-online.de/news/lkw-unfall-a2-storstrungs- Fuer-Verkehrschaos-176151.html) shows that such truck accidents are worrying in many regions and lead to delayed travel times.

The police recommend all travelers to attentive the current traffic reports carefully and to choose alternative routes. In the long term, the authorities also also work on solutions to increase the security standards on the highways. But until this applies, the traffic situation remains tense on the A2.

We keep you up to date on further developments regarding the accident and the associated traffic situation. If you want to go to work or on vacation, you should prepare well - possibly take a little longer than expected.