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Wildeshausen. At night, on the A1 near Wildeshausen, a hauler apparently pushed a semi-trailer from behind without braking. The emergency services had to recover five bodies from the transporter.
A hauler driving in the direction of Osnabrück had collided with a trailer truck between Wildeshausen-Nord and Wildeshausen-West and got under the truck, a Lower Saxony police spokesman said early Wednesday morning.
No skid marks visible
No slip marks were visible, Ertelt said. Presumably, the truck entered the truck without braking. According to the police report, the truck had to drive slowly due to a delay in front of a construction site. About 800 meters ahead there is a work with a narrow lane. According to the police, the driver of the Bad Oeynhausen truck had switched on the hazard lights.
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The ER doctor could only determine death
According to the fire department, the truck was completely deformed by the force of the crash. “The accident report was that two people were injured, one of them trapped,” reported local fire chief Lutz Ertelt of the Wildeshausen fire department. At first, only two people were seen in the vehicle and the other three occupants were only discovered when the fire department broke down the doors. It was difficult to free the victims of the shipwreck. The emergency physician could only determine death in all of them. The truck driver did not need medical help after the initial examination.
A woman and four men in the van.
According to the police, the dead are four men and a woman between 27 and 50 years old. The accident was reported to the police shortly after midnight. The A1 was blocked in the direction of Osnabrück.
Ertelt spoke of a higher accident history. The motorway at the Wildeshausen-Nord junction in the direction of Osnabrück was completely closed until 6.45 am for rescue work. The material damage is estimated by the police at about 50,000 euros.
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Stressful for emergency services
The accident was also a stressful mission for experienced firefighters’ helpers. “Here on the A1, we actually experience accidents of this type every year, including several fatalities,” Ertelt reported. However, five deaths in an accident is an unusual and outstanding number. “Of course, that affects us as much as anyone else,” says Ertelt. After the mission, the helpers involved would talk about the mission. The emergency services are also offered psychological help.
