Heavy rain ensures chaos on Thuringia's highways: 20 accidents!

Heavy rain ensures chaos on Thuringia's highways: 20 accidents!

Thüringen, Deutschland - On Wednesday, the Thuringian motorways experienced a traffic chaos! From 2:00 p.m. there were a total of 20 traffic accidents due to persistent heavy rain and thunderstorms, especially on the A4 east of the Erfurt Cross and the A9 south of the Hermsdorfer Kreuz. Ten of the accidents were caused by unadjusted speed on wet roads. Tragic: In three accidents, two people were seriously injured and one slightly injured that had to be brought to hospitals immediately.

The effects were devastating! Especially between Weimar and Stadtroda, the traffic towards Dresden even fully builds up due to an accident series! This led to a massive burden on city traffic in Jena and a total damage of shocking 212,000 euros. But that wasn't all! A defective diesel tank on the A9 towards Berlin caused further traffic problems. After extensive cleaning work, only the left lane was clear, which led to a 12 -kilometer traffic jam. The police warn: Adjust your speed to the difficult weather conditions!