Overview
- Three lorries collided at L'Aldea around 05:25 on Nov. 11, leaving one driver dead and another seriously injured, forcing full closures and mandatory diversions via the N‑340.
- At least one truck caught fire and the median was destroyed, with firefighters and police deploying multiple units to extinguish the blaze and clear debris.
- Preliminary accounts from Trànsit indicate a southbound truck crossed the median into the northbound lanes before impact, with the causes still under investigation.
- Trànsit has proposed temporary limits on the AP‑7 south—80 km/h for trucks and 100 km/h for cars over roughly 30 km toward Castelló, likely in the October–March period—subject to Transport Ministry sign‑off.
- Hauliers say slower speeds may help but call the plan a stopgap, urging a third lane and more exits as data show truck crashes in southern Tarragona doubling from 33 in 2023 to 66 in 2024 and recurring peak congestion on A‑7/V‑31 near Valencia.