updated3. May 2022, 16:29
In the Raischibe tunnel on the A3 motorway, a 77-year-old driver collided with the tunnel portal and suffered undetermined injuries. Smoke was coming out of the tunnel, and the lanes in the direction of Sargans had to be closed.
In the accident, a 77-year-old driver collided with the tunnel portal. The car came to a standstill across the direction of travel in the overtaking lane, and the woman suffered unspecified injuries.
Canton police of St. Gallen
A news scout photographed the smoke coming out of the Raischibe tunnel at Lake Walen.
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An accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon on the A3 motorway in the direction of Zurich. A 77-year-old driver crashed into the tunnel portal of the Raischibe tunnel, as the St. Gallen cantonal police announced in a media release. The section of road was closed for 1.5 hours. The accident happened around 2:10 p.m.
The cantonal police describe: “The 77-year-old woman drove her car on the A3 motorway towards Zurich. The car ran to the right edge of the lane. As a result, her car crashed into the tunnel portal of the Raischibe tunnel.” The car was pushed to the left as a result of the impact. It spun in the direction of the tunnel entrance and came to a standstill in the overtaking lane at right angles to the direction of travel.
Police patrols with fire extinguishers smothered the smoke
The woman suffered undetermined injuries, was treated on site by the emergency services and then had to be flown to the hospital by the AP3 air rescue service, it is said. Smoke was coming out of the car after the impact, which is why the responsible fire brigade was called out. However, the rising smoke was already smothered by the deployed police patrols with fire extinguishers. Both lanes in the direction of Sargans between Flums and Murg had to be closed to all traffic for around 1.5 hours. The traffic was diverted in Flums. The car was totaled.
Several patrols from the St.Gallen canton police, the rescue service with an emergency doctor, the AP3 air rescue service and the responsible fire brigade and national road maintenance were deployed.
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