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meA demonstration against the car as the dominant mode of transport not only resulted in traffic jams for kilometers on the A3 motorway on Tuesday, but also in a serious traffic accident. In the morning, environmental activists cordoned off a motorway bridge between the Idstein and Bad Camberg junctions and displayed signs reading “Tram, zero fare, bike paths instead of cars.”
Police blocked the highway in both directions and alerted special forces. After their arrival, one of the protesters voluntarily returned to the bridge. The second was removed from its booth with the use of SEK forces and firefighters. More protesters had gathered on the bridge and had to be taken away by emergency services. At the end of the traffic jam, a car driver was unable to stop in time and collided with a truck.
The driver was seriously injured and got out of the vehicle and was taken to a hospital in a rescue helicopter. Rescue workers also had to fight their way through traffic as no rescue alley had formed. Even the police force was initially stuck in traffic. The full shutdown was lifted for the first time around noon. The length of the traffic jam temporarily increased to 14 kilometers.
Police officers take away a protester protesting against the felling of trees for the widening of the A49 in Herrenwald.
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The protest is related to the resistance against logging in the Herrenwald and Dannenröder forest. 49 trees must be cut down or have already been cut down for the construction of the highway. Cleaning work has been carried out at various points along the planned route since October 1, accompanied by protests.
At a height of seven to eight meters
Police cleared a camp of A49 opponents in Herrenwald, near Stadtallendorf, on Tuesday. One person was detained, a police spokesman said. The cleanup of the area, in which the additional cleanup for the construction of Autobahn 49, had taken several hours. Some of the activists got carried away. But there were no major incidents. Several people had stayed in Herrenwald, near Stadtallendorf, on two platforms at a height of seven to eight meters. According to reports, so-called police height intervention teams were on site for the evacuation.
The police warned activists via Twitter that they climbed into the treetops to make the eviction more difficult. This would put them “in considerable danger,” according to police.
On Monday, the police and opponents of the widening of Autobahn 49 in Central Hesse were prepared for a new week of protests. Cleaning to close the controversial breach already continued on Monday in the Herrenwald area near Stadtallendorf. It’s a larger area, said a spokesman for the Deges project company. Consequently, work there should continue in the coming days. You will work your way step by step.
Once again, environmentalists protested the clearing on Monday and the police returned to work. A spokeswoman reported that the course was largely peaceful, but there was also resistance against police officers. While trying to get a man out of hiding, he suddenly struck and struck an officer with his fist to the face. In a subsequent riot, pepper spray was used. Two officers were injured, according to the police report, the man was unharmed except for the effects of the spray.
Stoned emergency car
On Monday morning, activists blocked the entrances to a chocolate factory in Stadtallendorf. According to the police, there were up to 30 people at the scene. In the afternoon there was a spontaneous demonstration in the city. Activists announced more protests this week.
Meanwhile, investigations are ongoing after an incident near Kirtorf in the Vogelsberg district on Saturday: According to police, several masked people had thrown stones and bags of paint at a police vehicle at a police vehicle occupied by four officers. Several windows were broken, but no one was injured. It is currently being investigated, among other things, for attempted dangerous bodily injury, material damage and serious violation of public order. A connection to the protests against the A49 cannot be ruled out, the police spokeswoman said.
To close the gap on the highway, a total of 85 hectares of forest will be cleared, of which 27 hectares belong to the Dannenröder forest and 49 hectares to the nearby Herrenwald. The clearing began on October 1 with the start of the logging season.
