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Chaos in Stendal: Truck accident brings beer and lemonade onto the street!
Truck accident in Stendal: Thousands of bottles of beer and lemonade on the street. Fire brigade on duty, intersection closed.
Chaos in Stendal: Truck accident brings beer and lemonade onto the street!
On Thursday morning around 8:30 a.m., a spectacular truck accident occurred in Stendal, which turned Goethestrasse in front of an all-day elementary school into a zone of chaos. A semi-truck going around a curve lost its side tailgate, causing thousands of bottles of beer and soda to fall onto the road. According to MDR, around 15 pallets of beer crates fell, blocking the road for several hours.
The fire brigade was quickly on site and began the clean-up operation. Operations manager Jens Bordel explained that hundreds of liters of the drink spilled and shards were scattered on the road. To ensure that none of the liquids could flow into the adjacent city lake, the fire brigade worked for several hours to pump out the leaking liquids and clean the street.
Cleaning measures and traffic disruptions
Cleaning work at the intersection, which remained closed for several hours, took about two and a half hours. The fire department cleaned the street and a sweeper made sure that the broken glass was also removed. However, undamaged bottles still had to be disposed of because they are no longer allowed to be put into circulation, reported [Bild](https://www.bild.de/regional/sachsen-anhalt/unfall-in-stendal-aus-kurve-geflogen-lkw-verliert- Thousands-bottles-bier-684ab274c8dfaf1469192924).
The truck remained at the scene of the accident for a long time before it could be towed away. The police have started investigating the cause of the accident. Initial indications suggest that there may have been a problem with the container's closure, which may have opened without human intervention.
The driver's main goal was to make a delivery to a nearby supermarket. However, the accident became an unexpected incident that directly affected both residents and road users in the area.