Five injured in serious rear-end crash on Germany’s A1
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- Five people were injured in a three-vehicle rear-end collision on the A1 near Greven in North Rhine-Westphalia.
- Two people suffered serious injuries and three sustained minor injuries; police said no one faced life-threatening danger.
- The Bremen-bound motorway closed for about two hours, causing a traffic jam of roughly four kilometres.
Five people were injured in a serious rear-end collision involving three vehicles on the A1 near Greven in North Rhine-Westphalia, police said.
Two of the injured suffered serious injuries and three sustained minor injuries. Rescue helicopters landed on the motorway for the two seriously injured people, while ambulances took the three others to hospitals.
No one was in life-threatening condition. The exact circumstances of the crash remained unclear, police said.
The A1 toward Bremen was closed for about two hours, and traffic was diverted. A queue of around four kilometres formed. A police spokesperson said traffic was generally heavy on the motorway and accidents occurred repeatedly.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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