Weinheim (dpa / lsw) – A 54-year-old collided with a stationary truck on Autobahn 5 in the direction of Frankfurt and was seriously injured. The man drove into the truck with a van on Thursday in the Rhein-Neckar district at the end of a traffic jam in the Weinheimer Kreuz almost without braking, the police said. The vehicle was pushed under the trailer and the driver was trapped. The fire department rescued the man. He was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, it said.
The A5 was completely blocked in the direction of Frankfurt for several hours. According to the police, the property damage is around 45,000 euros according to initial estimates.
