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Truck rear-ends camper on A20: two seriously injured

10.08.2026 22:51 1 min 1 source РУС
sueddeutsche.de DEU

On the A20 motorway near the Tessin junction (Rostock district), a truck collided with the rear of a camper van at the end of a traffic jam, injuring two tourists aged 40 and 42. Both were seriously hurt but not in life-threatening condition. The 35-year-old truck driver was unharmed. The queue had formed due to an earlier accident.

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