Erlangen (dpa / lby) - First a flat tire, then traffic jam, then fatal accident: On Autobahn 3 near Erlangen, a truck driver crashed into a truck at the end of a traffic jam and was fatally injured. As the police announced on Wednesday, the first articulated lorry had to slow down in the early evening because a breakdown truck had broken down near Erlangen-West with a puncture and a traffic jam had formed. The driver of the following second articulated lorry probably noticed the traffic jam too late, crashed into the semi-trailer without braking and was trapped in his driver's cab.
The fire brigade pulled the two wedged trucks apart. The driver was rescued, police said. However, he succumbed to his injuries at the scene of the accident. The A3 had to be closed for a long time in the direction of Würzburg. An expert is to find out the exact cause of the accident.
