3 people sustained life-threatening injuries after the car they were travelling in ran into the back of a lorry on the Antwerp orbital motorway on Wednesday morning. A total of 5 people were in the car when the accident occurred on the slip road between the E19 and the Antwerp orbital. All 5 people in the car were injured, 3 of them critically.
3 people in a critical condition after car smashes into the back of a lorry on the Antwerp orbital motorway
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Police received a call about the accident at around 6:15am. The Federal Highways Police spokeswoman Jana Verdegem told VRT News that "A car ran into the back of a stationary lorry. The lorry was at the tail end of a traffic jam between on the E19 just after the Craeybeckx Tunnel and the orbital motorway.
All 5 people that were in the car were injured. "They were all taken to hospital, 3 people are in a critical condition”. The accident completely blocked the slip road, causing long tailbacks of traffic during Wednesday morning’s rush hour. The slip road re-opened at around 9:15 am.
The accident caused long tailbacks during Wednesday morning's rush hour.
