Traffic: 14 injured after an accident involving ten vehicles in Cologne

2023-08-18 22:54:48

Traffic 14 injured after an accident involving ten vehicles in Cologne

Accident vehicles are piling up in downtown Cologne. photo

© Petra Albers/dpa

A large contingent of rescue workers was deployed: According to the police, the cars had collided for initially unknown reasons. There are many injured, one person seriously.

At a An accident involving ten vehicles in downtown Cologne injured a total of 14 people in the evening, one of them seriously.

According to a police spokesman, the cars collided at 8:20 p.m. near the Lanxess Arena in Deutz for initially unknown reasons. Rescue workers were in action with a large contingent.

Debris was scattered around the scene of the accident. A car with the front completely torn open lay on the roof of a small car. Some of the other vehicles also showed some severe external damage. It was initially unclear how the accident happened.

dpa