Farmers’ protest in Germany took a victim
A truck driver died in the collision of a number of agricultural vehicles during the massive protests of farmers against government policies in Germany. |
According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, citing the German newspaper “Tags Shaw”, a Truck driver dies in rear-end collision on A66 near Fulda Flieden and Neuhof-Sud (Fulda) went to the north and due to the severity of the impact, a total of three trucks were driven towards each other and collided. According to the police, in this incident, the driver of the rearmost car He died of his injuries. According to the current information, one more person has also been seriously injured.
Since the first truck that was driven to the end of the blockade contained heating oil, several thousand liters of oil leaked in this incident. Emergency services tried to stop the liquid from spreading.
When asked about this, a police spokesman confirmed that the incident on the A66 was caused by farmers’ protests. The A66 was previously completely closed to tractor traffic. The cause of the accident has not yet been determined. According to the police, the emergency services, the fire department and the police, as well as a rescue helicopter, were still in operation on Wednesday afternoon.
At night it was said The A66 will remain closed for several hours between the Schltern-Nord and Neuhof-Sud junctions for rescue operations and the removal of spilled oil in the northbound direction.
Police asked people to avoid going to the accident scene as much as possible. There may be a disruption in traffic until Thursday morning.
In protest of the government’s plan to remove diesel benefits, farmers continued their protests in several areas on Wednesday.
In the continuation of these protests, which started on Monday and are still continuing, the farmers of Rhineland-Palatinate marched to the state parliament in Mainz in protest against the planned reduction of agricultural subsidies.
This protest action in other German states including Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Berlin and Brandenburg and some other states have been held and caused disturbances.
Despite the violent protests of farmers against the government’s austerity plans, It still adheres to the promotion of these policies.
Publisher | Tasnim News |