Traffic is difficult on Wednesday on the roads of the Grand Est, placed on yellow snow ice alert, with numerous accidents, including one fatal in Alsace, following the fall of freezing rain at dawn.
Bas-Rhin firefighters counted 24 traffic accidents between 6 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., according to a press release received in the middle of the day, which reported one death and 18 injuries, including one serious.
A collision between a tractor and a car on departmental road 207 left one person dead, the driver of the private vehicle, in the town of Bischoffsheim.
On the A352 motorway in Moslheim, an accident involving several vehicles left five people injured in relative emergency, while a collision between two cars in Lupstein left one person injured in absolute emergency, according to the press release.
Traffic remained completely blocked for several hours in the Strasbourg-Colmar direction on the A35 motorway, noted an AFP team, which saw numerous emergency vehicles pass.
“Motorists and pedestrians, be extremely careful when traveling this morning”
Many accidents are also reported in Lorraine. “Icy is present on the roads, with several accidents already reported. Motorists and pedestrians, be extremely careful when traveling this morning“, alerted the national police of Meurthe-et-Moselle on the X network.
In Moselle, following an accident, a semi-trailer is blocked on the A4 motorway in the direction Strasbourg-Paris in Hombourg-le-Haut, generating 4 kilometers of traffic jams, indicated the prefect Laurent Touvet, on the social networks.
“Left lanes in both directions will be blocked all day for guardrail repairs“, he warns.
“The icy episode is tending to fade, however firefighters are still in high demand“, write the firefighters of Meurthe-et-Moselle on X, calling on residents to limit their movements, “including on foot, and thus avoid the mobilization of emergency services“.
“The warm spell will be gradual. Icy areas may persist on roads and sidewalks“, they warn.
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