Christiane Kirsch, mayor of Messancy, adds that: “Emergency services are diverting traffic towards the village of Messancy. The accident occurred between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. I haven’t been told anything about possible victims, all I know is that a truck is involved. Our internal services have been notified.”
According to initial information, it was a fire truck which hit a semi-trailer and a car while passing, presumably, over the central berm. The Jourdan group is currently on site to repair the vehicles. The fire truck will be repatriated to the Marche-en-Famenne barracks. Three people were injured in this accident.
Contacted by us, the fire commander, Stéphane Thiry, specifies: “This morning, a truck from the emergency zone, on its way to a driving license test and which was not in intervention, left the road between Aubange and Arlon. It deviated from its traffic lane, crossed the berm and hit another truck coming in front, then a light vehicle The results: two firefighters slightly injured and in a state of shock, the driver of the truck unhurt, and the driver of the light vehicle seriously injured, but out of danger. “
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