The accident on the Prins Mauritssingel happened around 4 pm. The Waal Bridge was closed for hours to provide space for assistance, salvage work and investigations into the facts of the accident by the police.
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According to an agent on the spot, one of the cars involved turned at the intersection with the Turennesingel on the Waalbrug towards the Ovatonde. He collided with the ambulance driving in the same direction. A third vehicle was involved in the accident as a result of the loud bang.
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The drivers of the rapid responder and of the car that entered the Waalbrug from Lent were injured. They were both transported to hospital by ambulance. The third driver was unharmed. There were no other persons in the cars, police said. A mobile medical team was taken by air ambulance to the scene of the accident.
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The closure caused traffic delays in Nijmegen. Traffic that wanted to enter the city could not cross the Waalbrug and had to use the other city bridge, De Oversteek. Traffic going the other way, out of town, was able to cross the bridge, but was then routed through the village of Lent. The delay was more than half an hour in both directions at around 5.15 pm. At its peak, traffic was delayed for more than an hour. Traffic from the direction of Germany on the N325 in the direction of Nijmegen was also affected.
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The approximate location of the accident on the map:
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