The accident occurred on Wednesday, November 17, after 5:00 p.m., on the A4 motorway at kilometer 57, heading toward the border (near Szczytnica). A total of five vehicles collided: four trucks and one passenger car. As a result of the incident, one of the vehicles caught fire. Looking at the photos from the incident (author: OSP Różyniec), one can say that it is a miracle that no one was hurt.
At 5:03 p.m., we were dispatched to a traffic accident on the A4 at kilometer 57, toward Zgorzelec. Upon arrival, it turned out that five vehicles were involved in the accident (four TIR trucks and one passenger car). One of the vehicles was on fire. Our initial actions consisted of securing the scene, checking for injured persons and applying two streams of heavy foam to the burning vehicle. Fortunately, apart from the damaged cars, no one was hurt.
The A4 motorway toward the German border is closed. Traffic disruptions will last at least several hours.
Update: 2021-11-18
Firefighters from Bolesławiec, Krzyżowa, Różyniec, Gromadka, Legnica and Lwówek Śląski, two emergency medical teams, the police and a representative of the road manager took part in the operation.
As established by the Bolesławiec police:
The driver of a MAN with a trailer, a 61-year-old resident of Kłobuck County, failed to keep a safe distance from the MAN truck ahead of him (a tow truck), driven by a 35-year-old Belarusian citizen. [Ten drugi man przewrócił się i zapalił].
The MAN then struck the Toyota ahead with its trailer, driven by a 19-year-old resident of Zgorzelec County, and hit the trailer of a DAF traveling in the right lane, driven by a 35-year-old resident of Lwówek County, as well as a MAN traveling in the left lane, driven by a 68-year-old resident of Puławy County.
No serious injuries. No one was hospitalized. The offender was fined under the MKK [mandatem karnym – przyp. istotne.pl] PLN 500.
The motorway is now passable on this section. Proof? A morning video from a Reader:
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