Thuringia: Car collides with truck: A4 temporarily blocked

Erfurt (dpa/th) - On Autobahn 4 near Erfurt, a car crashed into the rear of a truck, the driver was slightly injured. The 64-year-old misjudged the speed of the trailer truck driving in front of him on Saturday evening, the police said on Sunday. Both vehicles were therefore in the right lane in the direction of Dresden. Behind the Erfurt-Ost junction, the car drove into the left rear side of the truck. The truck driver was not injured. The road to the east was closed at the accident site for around one and a half hours due to the rescue and recovery work.