“Around 2,000 to 2,500 heavy goods vehicles” are currently stored at rest areas and along the A36 motorway, but one lane of traffic remains clear for light vehicles, Saadia Tamelikecht, cabinet director, told AFP on Friday. of the prefect of Doubs. “I strongly recommend not taking your vehicle this morning in the Doubs, it is dangerous,” she added, advising motorists not to venture onto the A36.
It was the plunge in temperatures between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. that trapped many truck drivers, Ms. Tamelikecht further clarified. “The situation has become delicate, but we have not had any accidents or road wrecks,” she said. “We did not have to evacuate or welcome people, but people spent part of the night in their car.”
During the night from Thursday to Friday, “between 8:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m., nearly 800 heavy goods vehicles and around a hundred light vehicles” found themselves blocked on the A36, said Ms. Tamelikecht. The cars were able to be freed during the night and “we were able to maneuver the heavy goods vehicles with great difficulty on the motorway to get them to the storage areas of the A36, and on certain lanes,” he said. she explained.
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