The incident occurred on Monday, 5 October 2026, on the A4 motorway. At 5:50 p.m., the duty officer at the command post of the District Headquarters of the State Fire Service in Złotoryja received a report of a collision involving a truck unit at the 71st kilometre of the motorway, in the direction of Zgorzelec.
When the emergency services arrived at the scene, firefighters found a truck with a trailer lying on its side in a ditch beside the motorway. The driver had left the vehicle before the services arrived.
Firefighters secured the scene
The firefighters’ primary actions involved securing the scene and disconnecting the vehicle’s power supply.
The driver was attended to by a medical rescue team. The police are determining the causes and circumstances of the incident. Officers are appealing for reason and caution on the road.
