An accident involving a heavy goods vehicle caused major delays to traffic on the coastbound carriageway of the E40 motorway in East Flanders of Tuesday morning. The accident happened at around 6am at the Wetteren intersection. In the hours following the accident delays of around 2 hours were reported.
By 10am motorists still faced delays of around 45 minutes.
The lorry smashed into the crash barrier on the slip road at Wetteren before jackknifing. The driver of the truck was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
A crane was used to remove the damaged lorry from the road. This took some time. Currently, the crash barrier is being repaired.
By 10am it was still difficult to say how long it would be before the road was complete reopened and the right-hand lane remained blocked.