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Five-vehicle pileup brings Antwerp Ring to a standstill

From VRT NWS · () Dutch

Translated from Dutch and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Five vehicles collided on the E313 near the Antwerp-East interchange, blocking three of four lanes.
  • No one was injured, and the crash caused only material damage.
  • The road reopened around 8:30 a.m., but the Flemish Traffic Centre warned of an extra hour of travel time in both directions.

A five-vehicle pileup brought traffic around Antwerp to a standstill, with long queues forming in every direction despite the absence of injuries.

The crash occurred on the E313 toward the Kempen near the Antwerp-East interchange. A truck, two vans, a car and a small car trailer were involved. The vehicles suffered only material damage.

There are long traffic jams from every direction.

— Peter BruyninckxThe Flemish Traffic Centre spokesperson described the scale of the congestion after the collision.

Three of the four lanes remained blocked for an extended period. The road at Antwerp-East had been cleared by about 8:30 a.m., but Peter Bruyninckx of the Flemish Traffic Centre said commuters would continue to feel the effects. He reported an additional hour of queuing time in both directions.

Traffic from the north backed up on the Antwerp Ring from Kleine Bareel to Antwerp-East. Drivers coming from the Waasland also faced queues from Kruibeke. Long-distance traffic from Ghent toward Hasselt was advised to take a detour via Brussels.

But commuters will feel this for a long time.

— Peter BruyninckxHe warned that delays would continue after the road reopened.
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Originally published by VRT NWS in Dutch. 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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