The accident, which occurred near the Aire de Berchem motorway stop, involved three cars and a lorry. The accident blocked two out of three lanes until the middle of the afternoon.
According to the ACL, the vehicles were cleared at around 3.30pm, the partial road closure caused a traffic jam which took a long time to clear. Northbound, the traffic jam stretched far beyond Berchem.
Southbound, traffic was also affected in the area surrounding the Gasperich interchange and even up to the Irrgärtchen roundabout. According to the ACL, traffic on the opposite side of the motorway was caused by drivers trying to get a glimpse of the pile-up.
