The onset of winter also leads to sheet metal damage on Zug roads
Published: Friday, Nov 22nd 2024, 10:30
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As a result of the heavy snowfall on Thursday afternoon, half a dozen traffic accidents had occurred in the canton of Zug by midnight. Several of the cars that skidded were on summer tires. No one was injured. Property damage amounted to several tens of thousands of francs.
As the law enforcement authorities announced on Friday, the first accident occurred at 3 p.m. in Menzingen. A driver's car skidded, hit a wall and overturned. Two hours later, in the same municipality, a driver with summer tires caused a rear-end collision with three vehicles involved.
At 5 p.m., the summer tires of two cars in Cham were also unable to cope with the wintry conditions. One car slid into the oncoming lane and into a passenger car, another crashed into the crash barriers.
In the two other accidents, cars left the road or hit traffic islands. Cars or trucks also got stuck on several stretches of road, which in turn led to traffic obstructions. The heavy snowfall also caused individual trees to fall and block roads.
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