Germany: Truck rams into US military vehicle on the autobahn
Atruck hit a US military vehicle on the autobahn. While no US military personnel were injured the driver of the truck that struck the military vehicles was likely killed.A semi-truck accidentally rammed into a US military vehicle on the autobahn in Bavaria on Monday, German police said.
The driver of the truck involved in the accident was reportedly killed on scene.
The US military said there were no injuries "at this time" among US service members, though eight soldiers were brought to the hospital for screening out of an abundance of caution, the 7th Army Training Command spokesman Donald Wrenn said.
How did the crash occur?
The collision occurred when US military vehicles were in the shoulder lane.
The US Army said its personnel were near Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz southeast of Nuremberg on the A3 highway in Bavaria when four of its vehicles pulled off onto the shoulder.
Bavaria when four of its vehicles pulled off onto the shoulder.
The four vehicles pulled off to the side of the road after they were separated from the rest of the larger convoy it was traveling in en route to Grafenwöhr from Hohenfels.
Police said this was when a civilian commercial truck smashed into the vehicles from behind, setting the cab of his truck ablaze, according to German news agency dpa.
The US Army said three of its vehicles were damaged in the crash. The accident resulted in a multi-vehicle pileup and caused a blaze that set several vehicles alight, sending plumes of smoke into the air, police said.
What happened in the aftermath of the crash?
German tabloid Bild reported the truck was filled with wood chips at the time of the collision, leading to the intense fire.
Police noted two of the US Army vehicles were fuel tankers capable of holding 2,500 liters of jet fuel, though fortunately neither ignited, but the fuel did have to be pumped out before rescue work could continue at one point.
Police said they tried and failed to pull the driver from the cab of his truck, though it is unlikely he would have survived the collision.
The accident resulted in road closures in both directions on the A3. Even hours after the incident, road closures remained between the Parsberg and Velberg junctions on the way to Nuremberg.
Based in Grafenwöhr, the US 7th Army Training Command's Combined Arms Training Center was established in 1948 after World War Two.
ar/aw (AFP, AP, dpa, Reuters)
CNN Hires Jan. 6 Police Officer Michael Fanone as a Contributor
Michael Fanone, who served with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia for 20 years and was one of the police officers severely injured during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, resigned on Monday from the force and will become a CNN contributor.
The Washington Post first reported the development on Monday and CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter, citing a network spokesperson, tweeted that Fanone will become an on-air contributor next month.
Fanone, 43, made numerous media appearances such as on CNN and MSNBC in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack to express his feelings about that day.
In July, Fanone did not hold back when he testified in front of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 tragedy.
“I feel like I went to Hell and back to protect them, and the people in this room, but too many are now telling me that Hell doesn’t exist, or that Hell actually wasn’t that bad,” he said, adding, by shouting, that “the indifference shown to my colleagues is DISGRACEFUL!”
He continued, “Being an officer, you know your life is at risk whenever you walk out the door “but nothing, truly nothing has prepared me to address those elected members of our government who continue to deny the events of that day, and in doing so, betray their oath of office.”
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Michael Fanone, who served with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia for 20 years and was one of the police officers severely injured during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, resigned on Monday from the force and will become a CNN contributor.
The Washington Post first reported the development on Monday and CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter, citing a network spokesperson, tweeted that Fanone will become an on-air contributor next month.
Fanone, 43, made numerous media appearances such as on CNN and MSNBC in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack to express his feelings about that day.
In July, Fanone did not hold back when he testified in front of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 tragedy.
“I feel like I went to Hell and back to protect them, and the people in this room, but too many are now telling me that Hell doesn’t exist, or that Hell actually wasn’t that bad,” he said, adding, by shouting, that “the indifference shown to my colleagues is DISGRACEFUL!”
He continued, “Being an officer, you know your life is at risk whenever you walk out the door “but nothing, truly nothing has prepared me to address those elected members of our government who continue to deny the events of that day, and in doing so, betray their oath of office.”
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