A truck crashed on the D1 motorway in the morning, the driver inflated. The road to Bratislava is already passable – TVNOVINY.sk

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27. 10. 2021 07:42, the article was updated 27. 10. 2021 11:05 | BRATISLAVA / TASR

The police repaired the accident for several hours.

A truck crashed on the D1 motorway in front of Senec in the direction from Trnava.
Photo: TASR / Slovak Police – Bratislava Region

Today, shortly after 04.00 am, a truck accident occurred on the 35th kilometer of the D1 motorway in the direction of Bratislava, which complicated morning traffic to Bratislava. The highway was impassable, columns were forming. Congested traffic was also on detour routes. Bratislava police announced that the highway was fully passable.

Police are diverting traffic off the D1 motorway.

Police are diverting traffic off the D1 motorway. Photo: TASR / Lukáš Grinaj

The trucker inflated

According to Bratislava police on their Facebook page, the truck overturned for as yet unknown reasons, damaging the central barriers, and the cargo spilled onto the road.

Police officers on the spot subjected the driver to a breath test, which ended with a positive result of 0.7 mg / l of alcohol in the exhaled air, which is 1.46 per mille.

The driver, a Polish citizen, was restricted in his personal liberty and escorted to the relevant police department. Fortunately, no one was injured in the accident.