There appears to be no finish to the sequence of accidents in and round Antwerp on Thursday evening. Visitors round Antwerp has been at a standstill since early afternoon. A couple of minor incidents on the Antwerp Ring Highway have already considerably elevated ready occasions. Oncoming freeway accidents solely made the scenario worse.
Round 6.15 pm there was an accident between a truck and two vehicles. The incident befell close to Borgerhout, on the Dutch facet. A automotive was hit by the lorry and ended up dealing with the other way within the far left lane, the place it hit one other automotive.
The accident closed the 2 left lanes, leaving solely three of the 5 lanes accessible. There is just one lane on the Antwerp Ring in direction of the Merksem viaduct, the opposite two lanes result in the E313, the place it beforehand took greater than an hour and a half to queue in direction of Antwerp from Herentals-Industrie. There, two lanes have been blocked in Ranst on account of an accident with a truck.
It’s not clear in the mean time how lengthy the unrest will final. “The drivers’ persistence on the E17 from Ghent might be severely examined,” stated Peter Bruyninckx of the Flemish Visitors Centre. “Presently it takes an hour and a half queuing from Haasdonk to Borgerhout.”
Highway surfaces rise on account of warmth
On the E313 in Diepenbeek in direction of Antwerp, the highway floor rose because of the warmth on Thursday evening. The concrete got here up at exit 30 round 6:45 p.m. Each routes in direction of Antwerp have been instantly closed.
Wilrijk chain strike
The primary accident occurred at 4:15pm on the A12 in direction of Antwerp, close to the Wilrijk viaduct. “A van with a trailer went into the tail of the visitors at full pace,” stated Peter Bruyninckx, a spokesman for the Flemish Visitors Centre. It’s not clear right now if any accidents have been sustained. “Definitely the harm to the physique is in depth. The horrible impression left three vehicles badly broken.”
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The pileup closed two lanes for hours. Visitors on the A12 in direction of Antwerp was nearly at a standstill. The Flemish Visitors Heart suggested drivers from Brussels to keep away from the A12 and drive through the E19.
A visitors jam was additionally creating on the Craeybeckx tunnel on account of a lorry burning on the Antwerp Ring in direction of the Netherlands, close to Borgerhout. The truck’s cargo may ultimately be dumped on a highway subsequent to the Borgerhout driveway. The fireplace brigade is pulling the load aside to place out the fires.
The third evening in a row
“That is already the third night in a row that there are greater than 200 kilometers of visitors accidents on the Flemish highways. Yesterday we reached 290 kilometers, tonight we’re already at 240 kilometers of visitors. Very stunning,” says Bruyninckx. “Does the great climate have something to do with that? It is attainable, however we do not know for positive.”
2024-06-27 18:32:06
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