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Snow and slippery roads cause chaos on the streets – SWR Aktuell

In Baden-Württemberg, many streets and sidewalks are as smooth as glass on Wednesday morning. There have been several accidents. In the Boeblingen district, a truck driver lost control of his vehicle.

The truck was on a slippery road on the B464 between the junctions Sindelfingen and Böblingen start to skid, causing the trailer to stand at right angles to the direction of travel. The trailer then broke through the guardrail and came to a stop on it. The driver was unharmed. The damage is around 50,000 euros.

A truck crashed near Böblingen (Photo: 7 current)

After a truck accident on the main road near Böblingen, the driver was uninjured



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Mirror-smooth roads also ensure on Wednesday morning in the Schwarzwald for disabilities and chaos. The first accidents have already occurred due to freezing moisture. According to the police, the B36 in particular is affected. At Bietigheim and Durmersheim (both rural districts of Rastatt) have rolled over vehicles. In both cases, the inmates were uninjured. In the exit at Leopldshafen (Karlsruhe district) a truck stood sideways.

At Newbies (Enzkreis) a car got off the slippery road early in the morning and rolled over. According to police, the driver was seriously injured and taken to hospital.

Truck drivers have to spend night in the vehicle

Im Northern Black Forest the officers had to move out to several black ice accidents, but it remained with sheet metal damage. At Loßburg (Freudenstadt district) one street had been closed since Tuesday evening, a total of around 20 trucks were stuck there all night. The drivers were provided with tea and blankets by the Technical Relief Organization and the German Red Cross.

All roads at high altitudes are covered with snow, said a spokesman for the police headquarters Freiburg on the situation in the Black Forest. Trucks stand by for example on the B317 Feldberg (District of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald) or the B500 in the southern Black Forest across. Also on the B294 im Elztal (Emmendingen district) one truck did not get on because of poor equipment. Freezing moisture also causes problems in the lowlands. Snow clearing and gritting vehicles are in use.

Burned out winter service vehicle on A8

Even the police in Ostalbkreis and in parts of the Alb-Danube district warns drivers on Wednesday of freezing wetness and slippery roads. On the A8 at Ulm-Elchingen a winter service vehicle burned out in the morning. Nobody got hurt. However, there was a high level of property damage. Also around the Bodensee and Upper Swabia warns the police of difficult road conditions.

Smooth road conditions became a gritter near Böblingen to doom. The vehicle had slipped into a ditch on Wednesday night, the police said. Due to the force of the accident, the front snow shovel and the linkage were torn off. The driver was unharmed.

After a black ice accident, a clearing vehicle from the motorway maintenance depot is standing in the ditch on the B464.  In the accident, the vehicle's front blade tore off.  The driver was unharmed.  Winter conditions caused some traffic chaos in Germany on Wednesday night.  (Photo: dpa Bildfunk, picture alliance / dpa / SDMG | Dettenmeyer)
After a black ice accident, a clearing vehicle from the motorway maintenance depot is standing in the ditch on the B464.  In the accident, the vehicle's front blade tore off.  The driver was unharmed.  Winter conditions caused some traffic chaos in Germany on Wednesday night.  (Photo: dpa Bildfunk, picture alliance / dpa / SDMG | Dettenmeyer)



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At Vellberg (Schwäbisch Hall district) a garbage truck tipped into a ditch on a slippery road on Wednesday night. According to the police, the driver was uninjured and freed himself from the garbage truck. Despite freezing wetness and black ice, the number of accidents in the region has increased Heilbronn-Franconia kept within limits, so an initial conclusion of the police.

The day before, massive snowfall and black ice had led to numerous accidents across the country.

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