A truck driver who presumably fell asleep has caused an accident on the Autobahn 72 near Reichenbach in the Vogtland district, triggering a full closure that lasted for hours. According to the police, the driver was uninjured.
According to initial findings, the 48-year-old was driving his articulated truck in the direction of Hof on Wednesday night when he presumably fell asleep at the wheel between the Zwickau-West and Reichenbach junctions. The truck left the road, broke through several sections of the crash barrier and only came to a halt just before a bridge.
