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A truck breaks through the central crash barrier on the A93 near Maxhütte-Haidhof in Germany and crashes head-on into oncoming traffic - two people die and several are seriously injured
Two people were killed in a tragic traffic accident on the A93 highway in the Schwandorf district on Monday morning
According to the information available so far
a lorry broke through the central crash barrier in the direction of Hof at around 7.10 a.m
for reasons as yet unexplained and crashed into several vehicles in the oncoming lane
The accident occurred between the Ponholz and Teublitz junctions near Maxhütte-Haidhof
another truck and several cars were involved in the collision in addition to the truck that caused the accident
A 49-year-old woman from the Czech Republic and a 26-year-old man from the district of Altötting died in the accident
Several other people were seriously injured; exact information on the number and condition of the injured was not initially available
The cause of the accident is still unclear
It is currently being investigated whether there were technical problems
fire department and rescue services are deployed in large numbers
A crisis intervention team is assisting eyewitnesses and those involved at the scene.