Overview

• Police were notified around 2:30 AM on June 5 of an eleven-kilometer stretch of Staatsstraße 2317 coated in several centimeters of sewage sludge.
• Firefighters and road maintenance teams worked through the morning to remove the mirror-smooth, slippery deposit that posed no health risk.
• The section between the Staatsstraße 2308 and Kreisstraße AB15 junctions reopened in the afternoon once cleanup was complete.
• Officials are probing whether a car accident reported near the contaminated area is linked to the sludge spill.
• Polizeipräsidium Unterfranken is seeking witnesses as investigators determine if the discharge was accidental or a deliberate environmental crime.