Serious accident on the A4: Dangerous goods truck breaks through the guardrail!

Serious accident on the A4: Dangerous goods truck breaks through the guardrail!

Weimarer Land, Deutschland - A serious accident on the A4 in the Weimar Land ensures massive traffic disruptions today. A tanker train that was traveling towards Dresden broke the mid -range plank at around 1:35 p.m. This incident caused the motorway to be completely blocked in both directions between the Nohra and Erfurt Vieselbach junctions. According to Antenn Thuringia it is currently unclear how long the closure will last.

The police's first reports indicate that no other vehicle was involved in the accident. The truck driver was seriously injured and had to be taken to the hospital with a rescue helicopter. Three first aiders and a fireman suffered respiratory tract irritation, while the fire brigade set up a blocking circuit of several hundred meters on site to defuse the danger situation.

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The cargo of the truck, which transported six larger containers with alkyl sulfonic acid, is particularly worrying. Of these, three containers are defective and run out, which increases the risk of environmental damage. Alkylsulfonic acids are often used in detergent and cleaning agents as well as catalysts, and their uncertainty is reinforced by the fact that about 29 % of the transported dangerous goods are classified as "poisonous", as the bast reports.

The fire brigade's use also includes special forces that are trained for dangerous goods accidents. Until the evening, an ongoing effort is expected to clarify the situation and restore the road. Traffic builds up in both directions over several kilometers, and there are also massive disabilities on the alternative routes. Drivers who are traveling towards Dresden should use the last free departure Erfurt-Ost, while travelers to Frankfurt should avoid the Weimar departure, as [MDR] (https://www.mdr.de/hnachrichten/thueringen/mitte-thueringen/apolda-Weimarer-land/unffall-lücksgutstransprzter-autobahn-StraG-100.html).

accidents with dangerous goods often have serious consequences and can double the economic costs of such incidents. It is therefore particularly important that the load securing and labeling of the vehicles is handled well when transporting dangerous goods. In a serious accident like this, not only the health concerns of those involved, but also the environmental risks must be taken into account.