Overturned Truck on A4 Cleared - Lane Reopened After Bedeviling Recovery
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A4: Accident Cleared, Lane Now Open After Overturned Truck Incident - Recuperated overturned truck along A4 highway - lane restored once more.
Following a challenging recovery process, the A4 near Cologne is back open for business. The overturned truck, turned upside down near a construction site, was finally righted around 8:00 PM on Thursday, as per the police report. The bustling lanes got a sigh of relief as they were reopened for traffic just before midnight.
According to authorities, the truck had toppled over early Thursday morning. The driver sustained minor injuries in the incident. Owing to the mishap, only one lane was functional between the exits Cologne-Eifeltor and Cologne-Klettenberg throughout the day, as the Federal Highway Authority announced on Thursday. With rush hour in full swing, traffic clogged up for a whopping ten kilometers.
Recovery efforts delayed
The recovery process hit a snag in the evening hours. The damaged tank on the truck had ruptured while flipping, causing diesel to leak. Already called in to drain several hundred liters of diesel earlier in the day, the fire department had to be summoned once again.
At the accident site, the wreckage and the damaged safety barrier were cleared up. Both lanes were reopened for traffic by 11:30 PM, as confirmed by the police.
- Cologne
- Rush Hour Chaos
- Police
- Diesel Spill
- Vehicle
- Fire Department
- The community was relieved when the police announced the reopening of the A4 near Cologne, following a challenging recovery process due to an overturned truck during rush hour.
- The tank on the truck, which overturned near a construction site, ruptured during the recovery process, causing a diesel spill that required the assistance of the fire department.
- Authorities announced that only one lane was operable between the Cologne-Eifeltor and Cologne-Klettenberg exits due to the accident, causing traffic chaos during the busy morning hours.
- Vocational training centers in the community could provide additional hands for the clean-up operation the following day, offering a potential solution to the aftermath of the accident, which led to the spill of several hundred liters of diesel.
