Overview
- Police in Göttingen report that nine cars collided around 3:45 p.m. between Dreieck Drammetal and the Hedemünden/Hann. Münden junction, leaving seven people injured, including three children.
- Investigators point to dense fog and low winter sun as possible factors after several drivers braked hard and following vehicles crashed into those ahead.
- Southbound traffic was fully closed for several hours with a backup of about seven kilometers before vehicles were guided past the scene from about 6:30 p.m. and the stretch later reopened.
- Five ambulances and an emergency-physician vehicle responded along with volunteer fire brigades from Rosdorf, Obernjesa and Hedemünden, who secured leaked operating fluids and disconnected batteries.
- An earlier local report put the totals at 11 vehicles and five injured, and it noted a similar multi-vehicle crash at the same location about a year ago.