Gdansk (Poland) – What a nightmare: 18 cars and three trucks collide, some vehicles catch fire. Four people die in this mass crash, including children.
At 11:17 p.m. on Friday evening on the S7 expressway south of Gdansk (Poland) to a momentous one Traffic accident. Work has been going on at a construction site near the village of Borkowo for some time, and there are regular traffic jams there. But this time the gridlocked traffic not only costs nerves, but also lives.
The highway was closed until 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning
Children among the dead
According to initial findings, a 37-year-old truck driver crashed into the car that was driving in front of him. Then he crashed into the guardrail. The result: a pile-up and several vehicles began to burn.
Andrzej Piechowski from the fire department in Gdansk told the online portal “Always Pomerania“: “18 cars and three trucks were involved in the traffic accident. 15 people were injured and taken to hospitals. Unfortunately, four more people died, including two children.”
„Radio Gdańsk“Speaks of three children among the dead and refers to the local crisis management center.
By decision of the Public Prosecutor’s Office the truck driver was arrested. He was not drunk, they said police with. His blood was taken for a drug test. The exact cause of the accident is still being investigated.