After a serious traffic accident on the A9 in the district of Bayreuth, the salvage dragged on and with it the blocking towards the highway. On Monday morning (December 12, 2022) there were at least one in a southerly direction twelve vehicles collided with each other, including a sprinter. There are several injured.
In the pileup Several people were also trapped in their vehicles. “It was absolute chaos,” said Florian Schegler, commander of the Trockau fire brigade, describing the situation on site. After the fire brigade had gotten an overview, the A9 was between Trockau (a part of the town of Pegnitz) and the exit Franconian Switzerland temporarily completely blocked.
Serious accident on the A9: rescue services take care of the injured
Of the rescue service freed the occupants involved from their vehicles. Several hundred meters before the scene of the accident, the rescue alley narrowed, which is why it became tight for the vehicles of the emergency services, Schegler said in an interview News5.
According to initial information from the Bavarian Red Cross (BRK), the collision nine people injured. One person is said to have moderately severe injuries helicopter taken to the hospital, seven other injured people were driven to surrounding clinics by ambulance, the BRK said. According to a first estimate, the resulting damage around 210,000 euros, added Jens Bäcker from the Bayreuth traffic police.
The cause of the accident was initially unclear, according to a police spokeswoman. In the afternoon, the Bayreuth Traffic Police Inspectorate said that several drivers had been blinded by the low sun, which is why the rear-end collisions occurred.
Blocking on the A9 lifted: the police provide an update
The A9 was temporarily closed in the southbound direction, and a longer one formed Stay. That Police headquarters in Upper Franconia informed on his Twitter page that the road clear again is (as of 1:00 p.m.). Officials also confirm that nine people need medical attention.