Winter danger on the A62: chaos through snow and accidents!

Winter danger on the A62: chaos through snow and accidents!

On January 8, 2025, a snow shower led to extremely dangerous road conditions on Tuesday morning on the A62 near Kusel. As a result, there were three serious traffic accidents that temporarily brought the highway to a standstill. As Blaulichteport Saarland , the incidents occurred between the Potzberg car park and the Kusel.

The first accident occurred around 11 a.m. when a driver of a van towards Pirmasens lost control of her vehicle. Her van skidned, collided with a truck and overturned. The driver was able to free himself and was taken to the hospital as a precaution. Your vehicle probably suffered a total damage and had to be towed. The truck driver was unharmed and his vehicle was still ready to drive.

Figgering accidents

A car ranks right after the first accident, but remained without injuries. Another driver also lost control of her car, which came off the road and crashed into the protection plank. This van also probably suffered total damage and had to be towed, and luckily the driver got away without injuries. The highway had to be closed during the rescue work, which led to considerable traffic disruptions.

already, on December 5, 2024, similar conditions on the A62 between Turkismühle and Nonnweiler had led to dangerous situations. According to Localo , there were three smoothly accidents between 2:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.

a series of smoothly accidents

In the first accident, four vehicles were involved when a car drove into the guardrail on a snow -rod road. A woman from the district of Trier-Saarburg was slightly injured, while the other vehicles only suffered sheet metal damage.

The second accident was caused by a 30-year-old man from Ludwigshafen, who came off the road with his BMW, equipped with summer tires and touched the guardrail. Fortunately, there were no injuries here either.

The third accident occurred shortly before the Freisener Kreis rest area and was caused by a 21-year-old man from the Kaiserslautern area. He also came off the road due to unsuitable speed and overturned. The driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to an surrounding hospital.