Smashed: 30,000 beer bottles spark German highway chaos
25 Oct 2017 / 22:59 H.
This handout photo made available by the Friedberg Police Press Office on Oct 25, 2017 shows 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, knocking the lorry against a guardrail. — AFP
BERLIN: Around 30,000 bottles of beer scattered across a German highway after a truck accident Wednesday, snarling traffic and sparking a sudsy clean-up operation.
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