Saxony: Five police officers injured in an accident on the A72

Hartenstein (dpa / sn) - On the Autobahn 72 near Hartenstein in the Zwickau district, five police officers were injured in an accident, two of them seriously. As the police announced on Wednesday, several police vehicles drove in a column on Tuesday evening in the left lane towards Leipzig. Shortly before the Hartenstein junction, a heavy-duty transporter broke down on the hard shoulder. According to the information, another truck suddenly switched from the right to the left lane, presumably to avoid the breakdown vehicle. The police vehicles then had to brake hard. As a result, one police car crashed into the other. The truck fled the scene of the accident undetected.