Accident on the Prague Ring Road! the truck overturned, the driver is being rescued by firefighters

A serious truck accident complicates traffic on the Prague ring road D0 near Jesenice on Tuesday. At about the second kilometer, a truck overturned and is blocking a large part of the road. The driver had to be freed by firefighters.

Firefighters, paramedics and police respond to a truck accident on D0, i.e. on the Prague Ring Road. The accident happened on Tuesday before eleven o’clock at 1.8. kilometer of the Prague ring road near Jesenice in the direction of the D5 highway.

“The vehicle is lying on its side and the driver is currently being extricated. Traffic is restricted in the area and only the parking lane is open in both directions,” informed the Police of the Czech Republic.

An accident on the Prague ring road complicates traffic

“The truck hit the center guardrails, which it broke through and ended up on its side, blocking both lanes of traffic. We intervene together with our colleagues from Prague. The recovery is still ongoing at this time,” the fire department of the Central Bohemian Region informed at half past twelve.

Columns form on the Prague ring road and on bypass routes. Traffic problems are to be expected until late in the afternoon, and the removal of the overturned truck will take several hours.