Baden-Württemberg: traffic jam after truck accident on A5: helicopter in use

Rastatt (dpa / lsw) - After a truck accident on the Autobahn 5 near Rastatt, a kilometer-long traffic jam formed on Tuesday evening. A police spokesman said one of the drivers had to be flown to the hospital in a rescue helicopter. According to this, two trucks crashed into each other on the freeway for reasons that are still unclear. The accident investigation is still ongoing. The carriageway between Rastatt Süd and Rastatt Nord heading north is closed. A traffic jam that is now seven kilometers long has formed.