Wild boar rotting causes full closure of the highway to Nuremberg

On Sunday night has one Wild boar rotting several accidents triggered on the A9. A total of seven vehicles were affected, several cars were no longer ready to drive. Massive property damage occurred, and the highway was heavily dirty over a length of 700 meters. The A9 had to be completely closed for two hours for the cleanup. The drivers remained unharmed.

As the police report, the series of accident occurred around 1.20 a.m. A 33-year-old from the Kehlheim district drove the A9 in the direction of Nuremberg and left the A9 towards A93 at the Holledau triangle. On the exit On the A93, a wild boar crossed the road, the animal and the car crashed into each other. The car was then no longer ready to drive and had to be towed.

Wild boar rotting runs on the highway: full closure and property damage are the result

The wild boar was probably part of a rotting. After the accident, this continued towards A9. Shortly afterwards there were three other clashes with several animals. Initially, a 19-year-old collided from the Fürth district, a 60-year-old driver from the Pfaffenhofen district and a 29-year-old from Erlangen on the right lane with animals walking around. All cars were massively damaged and were no longer ready to drive.

Shortly after the first accident, a 59-year-old drove from the Eichstätt district, a 19-year-old from the district of Eichstätt and a 33-year-old from the Kulmbach district. Their vehicles remained ready to drive.

The police speaks in the context of a « large rubble field » on the road. The lane was dirty over one length of about 700 meters. Numerous emergency services from the volunteer fire brigades Eschelbach and Wolnzach and the Ingolstadt motorway maintenance department were on duty to secure the scene of the accident. Towing services that are no longer ready for driving.

After accidents with wild boar: A9 closed to the morning hours

For the clean -up work, the A9 was completely closed for two hours and then gradually released individual lanes. The access of the A93 on the A9 towards Nuremberg also had to be closed for an hour and a half. As a result of the full closure, there was a low backlog. Only in the early morning hours at around 6 a.m. the A9 in the direction of Nuremberg was completely released again after completing all cleaning work.

The seven cars involved resulted in property damage of around 30,000 euros. All occupants remained unharmed. A total of at least eight wild boars were involved in the collisions that died on site.

On Friday had a Motorcyclist a wild accident with a deer suffered and seriously injured. Where it Most of the game accidents in the region, read here.