30,000 beer bottles spark German highway chaos

October 26, 2017 | 15:34
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BERLIN: Around 30,000 bottles of beer scattered across a German highway after a truck accident on Wednesday (Oct 25), snarling traffic and sparking a sudsy clean-up operation.
Broken bottles of beer and boxes on the ground on the highway 45 near Friedberg, north of Frankfurt, after a car collided with a delivery vehicle. (HO/Friedberg Police Press Office/AFP)

Police said a car collided with a delivery vehicle on the autobahn north of Frankfurt, knocking the lorry against a guardrail.

When its tarp tore open, 1,500 cases tumbled out, strewing the bottles across the road.

The highway was partially closed and clean-up of the boozy spill was still ongoing hours later.

The driver was taken to hospital for a medical examination. Both vehicles were towed.

AFP

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