This accident happened on Thursday, June 9, in the afternoon, at the A7 motorway heading towards Marseille. Unknown reasons caused a truck driver to lose control of his truck in the area of Seyssuel. The heavyweight fell a hundred metres from the guardrail and then fell against the embankment.
The driver was concussed by a collision with a vehicle. Firefighters saved him. Engine oil on the road caused the right lane to be blocked.
Traffic flows on the opposite lanes. Throughout the afternoon, this accident caused major disruptions throughout the Givors/Chasse-sur-Rhone motorway junction.
The situation started to improve around 5:45 p.m. Traffic flowed on three lanes, instead of the original two. The only thing that was stopped traffic flow was the hard shoulder.
In the Rhone Valley, disturbances will likely last for a while. The truck cannot be lifted after dark. The A7 motorway users will need to be patient. The difficulty can be overcome in less than an hour.
