Stockstadt am Main (dpa / lby) – A truck driver drove into another truck on Autobahn 3 and was seriously injured. Three other people suffered minor injuries in the accident, police said on Tuesday. The officials slowed down traffic on the A3 near Stockstadt am Main (Aschaffenburg district) on Tuesday morning to get tension belts from the motorway. The semitrailer then crashed into the truck and pushed it onto a car.

The 52-year-old was trapped and seriously injured, the fire department said on Tuesday. The driver of the front truck and the occupants of the car suffered minor injuries. The A3 in the direction of Frankfurt was initially closed as a result of the accident, and there were considerable delays on the detour routes.