Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Truck causes traffic jam on E4/E20

Wonderful morning. I was about to drive from Södertälje to Solna today. It was rushhour, but still it's usually about half an hours drive.

South of Hallunda in Botkyrka on E4/E20 a truck was heading south. For unknown reasons the truck smashed through the road rail and through oncoming traffic -- miraculously not hitting anything -- to end up in the ditch with its tail still in the right lane. The cargo? LPG.


A little past eight I had to stop my car completely and turn the engine off. Both lanes were blocked north. For people going south the shoulder was partially open.

[above: The cars ahead of me]



For two hours I got nowhere. Finally I ended up at the office at about 11 -- two hours late.


[above: the cars behind me]