Overview
- All southbound lanes reopened at about 9:25 a.m., according to Hamburg police.
- Before the reopening, only one lane was passable, causing queues of roughly 19 kilometers on the A7 to Quickborn and around 9 kilometers on the A23 to Pinneberg.
- By shortly after 10 a.m., residual delays had shrunk to about 8 kilometers on the A7 and 3 kilometers on the A23.
- Police were called at approximately 4:10 a.m. after the truck struck the guardrail inside the fourth tunnel tube.
- Officials had initially estimated a full reopening between 10 and 11 a.m., and no details on injuries or the underlying cause were released.