Vehicle going the wrong way, accident and traffic jam… Big mess on the highway between Montauban and Toulouse

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Motorists who were traveling on the A20 near the agglomeration of Montauban in the direction of Toulouse at around 7 a.m. this Monday, September 30, 2024, had a huge scare: a wrong-way car caused panic shortly before rush hour.

Intercepted in the wrong direction at the intersection between the A62 and the A20

According to Vinci Autoroutes, this vehicle was seen going the wrong way from the Montauban-Nord toll barrierthen on the Montauban ring road to the junction with the A62, south of the Cité d’Ingres.

According to our information, the motorist was intercepted par law enforcement around 7:30 a.m., on the leftmost lane of the road, but in the opposite direction traffic, near the intersection between the A20 and the A62, at the level of kilometer 425.

Accident and traffic jam

At the same time, a accident occurred on this same A20au kilometer 426, without knowing with certainty whether the event is linked to the misinterpretation or not.

According to the SDIS of Tarn-et-Garonne, the disaster fortunately did not no injuries. And cork was, however, formed over several kilometers, in the two senses traffic, on the A20 motorway.

Big traffic jams in Toulouse too

Further south, near the Pink City this time, the situation is very chaotic on the Toulouse ring road and nearby, where traffic is paralyzed at many points.

In detail, approximately 5 km of traffic jams were reported around 8 a.m. from Palays, southeast of the Pink City, from the A61. Big slowdowns are also recorded at the intersection between the A68 and the ring road, to the north-east of Toulouse, as well as on the RN124 from Pibrac and on the A620 west of Toulouse (7 km of traffic jams).

But the biggest difficulties are undoubtedly the A64south of the Pink City, where you have to count about ten km traffic jams between Muret-Nord and the ring road, an accident having also been reported.

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