Crash near the Wehlen exit
Bernkastel-Kues police were notified at about 5:50 p.m. of the crash at a junction near the Wehlen exit in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district. Police said the collision involved traffic traveling in opposite directions. The road was fully closed afterward.
Emergency crews treated the four injured people at the scene before taking them to nearby hospitals for further care. The local municipal fire service said 46 firefighters from Wehlen, Zeltingen-Rachtig and Kues responded alongside Bernkastel-Kues police and the rescue service.
Cause remains unclear
Police estimated damage to the three vehicles in the high five-figure euro range.
How the collision happened remains unclear. The Trier public prosecutor's office commissioned an expert report to reconstruct the sequence of events and help establish the cause.
