Overview
- Emergency services were called at about 19:55 near the Speckhorn rest area in the Münster direction after two cars collided with a heavy transport carrying a wind‑turbine blade.
- One vehicle overturned and its sole occupant, a 19‑year‑old from Kaarst, was seriously injured.
- A second car became trapped beneath the blade, and firefighters raised it to free two occupants who, along with the 19‑year‑old, received on‑scene care from emergency physicians before hospital transport.
- The motorway was fully closed for a little over two hours with multi‑kilometer queues before reopening later in the evening.
- The 52‑year‑old heavy‑transport driver was uninjured, the load was moved to an autobahn parking area, and Autobahnpolizei Münster is continuing its inquiry into the crash.