Serious rear -end collision on the 861 federal highway near Rheinfelden/South - one person fatally injured

Serious rear -end collision on the 861 federal highway near Rheinfelden/South - one person fatally injured

Serious traffic accident on the federal highway 861

Freiburg, July 24, 2023 - on Monday, July 24th, 2023, a serious traffic accident occurred at the federal highway 861 at 5:00 p.m. According to the police, a 62-year-old driver of a truck drove south or Swiss border with a trailer. About 200 meters in front of the Rheinfelden-Süd junction, the truck driver rose to a 32-year-old car driver driving in front of him. The collision was so violent that the car driver died at the scene of the accident.

the property damage to the vehicles is around 25,000 euros. Due to the accident recording, the southern lane had to be completely closed from around 5:15 p.m. The traffic was diverted to the BAB 98 at the Lörrach-Ost junction. It is expected that traffic disruptions will still occur until at least 7:30 p.m.

The traffic police in Weil am Rhein took over the investigation into the cause of the accident. If you have media calls, please contact the Freiburg police headquarters at Freiburg.Pressestelle@polizei.bwl.de. Further information is available on the Twitter page of the Freiburg police (https://twitter.com/polizeiFR), the Facebook page (https://facebook.com/polizeifreiburg) or the homepage (http://www.polizei-bw.de/).

Outside of office hours, you can judge your inquiries to freiburg.pp@polizei.bwl.de

Original content from: Police Headquarters Freiburg, transmitted by News Aktuell