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An impressive traffic jam formed on Monday, September 30 in the morning, on the Toulouse ring road, after an accident. Motorists testify.
To be on time at the office on Monday September 30, it was better to travel by bike to Toulouse. A monster traffic jam formed during rush hour shortly after 8:30 a.m. on the Toulouse ring road, the second most congested road in France after that of Paris. The cause was a spectacular road accident which took place on the outer ring road, west of the Pink City, in the north-south direction at the Onia bridge, shortly before exit 25 Langlade.
The cause of the accident was a loss of control…
A 24-year-old driver lost control of his car for an unknown reason and ended up on its roof in the middle of the tracks. Luckily, the young driver was not injured. As a result, traffic was completely blocked on the outer ring road from 8:40 a.m.
According to our information, at least three vehicles were involved in this accident. For motorists, nothing else to do but be patient. But for some, this cork topped all the others.
“People were completely at a standstill”
“It’s one of the most impressive ever seen,” confided this resident of Marquefave, south of Muret, who takes the A64 every day towards Toulouse. This traffic jam started two kilometers from the Muret toll booth, towards Toulouse. Above all, between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., users were completely stopped. This was also the case at the toll booth and immediately where an endless funnel formed. The journey to my work usually takes 25 minutes. took 1 hour 15 minutes to achieve it, a situation rarely seen at this point…”
“I took 25 minutes instead of 10”
The police, a tow truck and agents from the interdepartmental roads directorate (DIRSO) were on site at 9:30 a.m. Motorists were not the only ones moving in step. The bikers were also unable to make their way to arrive on time. “Usually, testifies a biker, I reach my workplace in less than 10 minutes. I live in Minimes, I work in Pradettes. Yesterday morning, I quickly understood that it would take me longer. The traffic jam was overflowing on the roads which allow you to go to the ring road, so I was lucky in my misfortune: I inter-file at 30 km/h. Except that at one point, there was a traffic jam. in the traffic jam and the two wheels were waiting. Impossible to drive between the cars. Result of the races, it took me 25 minutes.
