This Wednesday, March 30, an accident occurred on the A9 motorway towards Lyon. An overturned burning truck. Traffic is cut off.
A truck on fire and lying on the tracks causes chaos on the roads this Wednesday morning. One 3 kilometer traffic jam formed on the A9, according to information from the motorway’s Twitter account.
06:40: dir Lyon following exit 26 Gallargues-Aigues M., #Accident overturned truck on fire # A9 cut in the direction of Lyon, in the direction of Spain traffic on 1 single lane. Compulsory exit/entry prohibited n°26 Gallargues dir Lyon, entry prohibited 26 Gallargues dir Spain #InfoTrafic
– Autoroute A9 (@ A9Trafic) March 30, 2022
“An accident involving a heavy goods vehicle occurred around 3:30 a.m. on the A9 motorway between the Gallargues-Aigues Mortes (No. 26) and Nîmes Ouest (No. 25) interchanges, in the direction of Lyon”, specifies from its VINCI Autoroutes side.
The shocked driver
The driver of the heavy goods vehicle exited the vehicle in a state of shock, according to information from the Gard fire brigade. He was transported to CH Carémeau. Emergency services are on site and the operation is still ongoing.
The motorway is cut in the direction of Lyon. Traffic is on a single lane towards Spain to facilitate the intervention of firefighters. Here are the traffic management measures in detail:
On the A9:
- Entrance not recommended at Nîmes Ouest (n°25) in the direction of Spain.
- Obligatory exit in the direction of Lyon and entry prohibited at Gallargues-Aigues Mortes (n°26) in both directions of traffic.
- Exit recommended and entry not recommended at Lunel (n°27) in the direction of Spain.
On the A54, towards Nîmes:
- exit recommended and entry not recommended at Nîmes Center (n°1).
