At around 5:00 p.m., a traffic accident involving two cars occurred on the BAB 60 motorway. A total of five people were involved in the accident, including one child. All those involved were very lucky that nothing more serious happened to them.

For reasons that are still unclear, one car crashed into another. Both cars were severely damaged. When the fire department arrived at the scene, everyone had already gotten out of the vehicles. Fortunately, reports of several people being trapped were not confirmed.

The fire department secured the extensive accident site and ensured fire protection. One car even had to be extinguished during the operation because it was in danger of catching fire. The injured persons were cared for by the fire department together with the rescue service and then transported by the latter to nearby hospitals for treatment.

To ensure the safety of the emergency services, the highway had to be completely closed for a time. This caused severe disruption to rush hour traffic. Only after the cars involved in the accident had been removed by the towing service could parts of the highway be reopened.

The heavy traffic congestion triggered the fire alarm system in the Mainz tunnel during the operation. Fortunately, this alarm turned out to be a false alarm.

In addition to the Mainz professional fire department, the highway police, the Mainz rescue services, and a Mainz towing service were also involved in the operation.  

Head of operations: Fire officer Sebastian Schmidt
Vehicles BF/FF: 8/1
Personnel BF/FF: 32/11
Image material: Image rights belong to the Mainz city administration.

Two young men had a lucky escape in the early hours of Tuesday morning at around 1:12 a.m. when they were involved in a traffic accident on Haifa-Allee in Mainz-Bretzenheim. The two young men veered off the road in their SUV and skidded approximately 150 meters across the tram tracks there, narrowly missing an overhead line mast. However, two trees and several fence elements were knocked down by the vehicle.

When the fire department arrived at the scene, the young men had already left the vehicle. However, they were trapped between the vehicle, which had been crushed into a "green slope," and the adjacent trees and hedges. The men, who appeared to be uninjured, were rescued by the fire department using two ladder sections over the roof of the vehicle after consulting with the emergency medical services.

As a precaution, the emergency medical services transported the two passengers to a hospital. The fire department used a chainsaw to remove the fallen trees from the tracks of the tram line and handed the scene over to the traffic supervisor from Mainzer Mobilität and the police.

Incident Commander: Sascha Faust Fire Department
Vehicles: 3 Fire Department
Personnel: 15
Images: Image rights belong to the City of Mainz