THE GERMAN POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS WERE FACED with a massive triage and rescue problem Sunday evening on the M-2 Autobahn. Following a burst of heavy rains combined with heavy traffic, 73 accidents involving 259 vehicles brought the freeway to a halt.
There were 340 firefighters and medics dispatched to the scene before it was all over. 66 people were hurt, 10 of them with life-threatening injuries.
A highway rest area parking lot was used as a patient collection/triage point and the freeway was closed in both directions for 12 hours while cleanup continued.
Der Spiegel carries the STORY.
Reuters has some video of the vehicular carnage:
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