Dusseldorf --
Snow chaos on German roads: Heavy snowfalls have blocked the traffic on Thursday in large parts of Germany. It affects mainly the east, in the Rhineland, it can be low, "Jennifer" is now snowing.
Especially trucks had to struggle to hit on schneeglatten streets again caused to slip and numerous accidents. At least four people died there. Scattering and snowplows have moved forward with difficulty. There were delays on the railways and air transport in Munich and Frankfurt.
More than 200 accidents in the Ruhr
Snow and ice led in North Rhine-Westphalia to a total of 226 accidents. Seven people were seriously injured. Especially trucks on the highways had to contend with the slippery roads. Several highways were blocked by accidents due to salvage operations temporarily. On the highway 3 in Mettmann, a truck lost after a slip accident several 100 liters of diesel. Also on the A1 motorway near Hagen went on for hours at night any more, because two trucks were wedged together.
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At Frankfurt airport were canceled in the morning already about 80 connections.
Cause is the weather at other airports in Germany and Europe, said a company spokeswoman. In Frankfurt, the runways were free, there are hardly any delays.
Three dead in Thuringia
For more serious injuries arrived on Wednesday morning in Thuringia at least three people were killed. Many more were injured. At the junction of the A9 motorway Bad Klosterlausnitz had five trucks wedged into each other. The highway there had to be locked. At the junction Droysig were involved in the night, three lorries and two cars in a serious accident. Also on the Bundesstraße 4 occurred in a fatal accident. Several vehicles were involved. At the level of cross Andisleben the B4 towards Nordhausen was blocked. Drifting snow blocked roads, the Sweeping Administration came in smaller towns not to.
"Jennifer" was raging in Saxony
Deep "Jennifer" brought with smoothness and drifting snow on highways Saxony truck into a skid. Thus, the A14 towards Magdeburg between East and chub-chub-North was of 4.00 clock to be locked because a truck had perpendicularly to the road. Near to the junction Wermsdorf in the direction of Dresden, a truck tipped over and went across the lanes. Not far away, two trucks wedged into each other. The fire brigade had to free the two drivers out of their cabs. Also on the A9 towards Berlin between Wiedemar and Hall got a truck fell into a skid and rolled in the opposite direction.
Snowfall and storm in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: In the winter complaints were to be evicted from the district roads. In Stralsund snow drifts were reported up to two meters high.
Bavaria's icy roads - Delays at Munich Airport
In Bavaria, were affected mainly the highways, the partial clearing services were no longer trails behind. This was particularly true for the A9 north of Munich and the A93 Was also severely affected the rail. There were delays and cancellations nationwide. At Munich airport winterbedingt 60 flights were canceled. In Frankfurt, about 80 compounds had to be deleted. In some places in the Allgäu up to 30 inches of snow fell as the German Weather Service told.
Sheet of ice crashing through windscreen - Driver verletztVon a suddenly falling sheet of ice, a motorist on the A7 motorway between Hannover and Hildesheim was hit on the head and seriously injured. The ice shelf had probably fallen from a truck and had pierced the windshield of the car, police said. Despite serious head injuries, the 40-year-old was able to steer his vehicle at the kerbside and communicate by mobile phone, the police, he was hospitalized.
In Hamburg, tore blocked for hours by the cold for an overhead contact line of the railway trains, the distance between the station and the Congress Center Hamburg was.
Numerous pipe bursts in Hamburg
Rising temperatures in Hamburg led to numerous pipe breaks. A total of 55 times because of the fire brigade had to burst water pipes marched out, "said a spokesman. "The ice has overstretched the pipes. Now create drastic leaks. "
