Traffic Incident on the A3 Motorway at Ratingen-East - Commercial Vehicle Involved in Traffic Jam, Driver Suffers Critical Injuries
In a tragic incident on the A3 highway, a collision occurred at the Ratingen-Ost interchange involving a truck and a passenger car. The driver of the car, a 44-year-old woman from Mettmann, was severely injured.
The accident took place when a 56-year-old professional truck driver, whose identity is not explicitly disclosed, swerved into the lane of the Opel driven by the woman from Mettmann. The impact sent the Opel careening to the left.
The truck then collided with a tractor-trailer driven by a 61-year-old man from Leverkusen. Remarkably, the tractor-trailer driver sustained no injuries in the accident.
The highway was fully closed in the direction of Oberhausen for approximately one hour due to the accident. Firefighters extricated the 56-year-old truck driver from his vehicle due to the collision. He was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Initial investigations suggest that the 56-year-old truck driver may have been under the influence of medication. A blood sample was taken from him for further analysis. Contrarily, the 44-year-old woman was not under the influence of medication at the time of the accident.
The condition of the 44-year-old woman after the hospital treatment is not specified in the article. No information is provided about the tractor-trailer driver's medication status.
It is unclear if the medication use contributed to the initial collision. Notably, a 56-year-old man was involved in a traffic incident in Neu-Ulm, for which a criminal procedure for driving under the influence was initiated.
The authorities are continuing their investigation into the cause of the accident.
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