Serious Multi-Vehicle Accident on A2 Involves Volvo and Ford

Dortmund - A significant traffic incident occurred on the A2 highway on Saturday, involving five vehicles. At approximately 3:35 PM, a 47-year-old woman from Düsseldorf was driving her Volvo in the middle lane heading towards Hannover. As she attempted to switch to the left lane for overtaking just before the Oelde interchange, she failed to notice a Ford approaching at a higher speed.

The 26-year-old driver from Paderborn attempted to evade the impending collision by swerving left, but in doing so, he struck the guardrail. This caused his Ford to spin across all three lanes, ultimately colliding with a truck driven by a 44-year-old man from Poland. The impact resulted in the Ford rolling over multiple times before coming to a halt facing the opposite direction.

Emergency services were summoned to the scene, where they found both the driver of the Ford and his 51-year-old passenger, also from Paderborn, trapped inside the wreckage. Firefighters had to extricate them from the vehicle. While both sustained serious injuries, their lives were not in danger. A helicopter ambulance was dispatched but left without transporting any patients as the injured were subsequently taken to local hospitals by ground ambulance.

In addition to the primary vehicles involved, two other men, aged 53 from Harsewinkel and 38 from Mönchengladbach, encountered debris from the crash while driving their BMWs, resulting in damage to their cars. The Ford involved in the accident was deemed a total loss.

Authorities estimate the total damage incurred from the accident to be approximately EUR45,000. The Hannover-bound lanes of the A2 were closed for accident investigation and vehicle recovery efforts. After about an hour and a half, traffic was rerouted to pass the accident scene on a single lane.

This report is based on information released by local authorities and has been generated using AI assistance.