Erfurt/Saalfeld (dpa/th) - snowfall and ice caused numerous traffic problems in Thuringia on Friday. The entire Free State is affected, said a spokesman for the state operations center. According to the police, the focus was on the Autobahn 4 and 9, where several accidents occurred. They mostly went off lightly, but caused traffic jams and obstructions. Among other things, a truck skidded on the A9 near Droyßig in the direction of Munich in the morning, the tractor tore off and tipped on its side. A little later, near Eisenberg, a truck turned across. Many smaller roads were also difficult to drive on.
In the Saale-Orla district, for example, according to the police, a car between Juchhöh and Hirschberg slid against a wall on a slippery road in the morning, the driver was uninjured. In the district of Sonneberg, two drivers were slightly injured when their cars collided head-on on the road between Spechtsbrunn and the Tettau junction.
