B51 Bitburg collision between van and truck, Digi Mart USA News (Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany): A serious traffic accident occurred on the B51 federal road near Bitburg on Friday evening, when a van and a truck collided, according to police.
The driver of the van was trapped in his vehicle and had to be freed by firefighters using technical equipment. He sustained serious but not life-threatening injuries, according to the current assessment.
After initial treatment by an emergency physician, he was taken to a hospital, police said. The truck driver was not injured.
Larger amounts of operating fluids leaked from the vehicles as a result of the crash. Recovery and cleanup work continued until late in the evening, and the B51 remained closed until the early morning hours of Saturday.
The road has since reopened to traffic.
Several ambulances, an emergency physician, surrounding fire departments, the Bitburg road maintenance depot, the Technical Relief Agency (THW), a maritime-style incident commissioner, and the Bitburg police station with three patrol cars were deployed. The public prosecutor’s office in Trier has requested a traffic expert to determine the cause of the accident.
