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After a rear-end collision on Autobahn 5 in Baden-Württemberg with four injured, police officers rescued a lion cub from one of the vehicles involved. The accident occurred on Tuesday morning south of Heidelberg between the Kronau junction and the Walldorf junction.
After initial investigations, a truck driver recognized slow traffic at a construction site too late and collided with a truck. The car of the person who caused the accident skidded and collided with a pickup truck with a trailer traveling alongside it. In the trailer was the animal that was unharmed. It was not initially clear if the lion was being transported legally. He was handed over to the animal rescue service.
A total of four people were trapped in the van and the van. The highway was completely closed in both directions for several hours.
