"Three people have been killed in a series of accidents caused by black ice on motorways in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, police said early Friday. Black ice triggered multiple crashes in the early morning hours on the A44 motorway. Police said a truck collided with a semi-trailer loaded with paper, which caught fire. The truck driver died at the scene, while the semi-trailer driver was taken to hospital."
"Earlier Friday, black ice also caused a major pileup on the A42 motorway near Essen. An initial car skidded on a bridge over the Rhine-Herne Canal, triggering a chain-reaction crash involving 26 vehicles, police said. Emergency services said 25 people were slightly injured, five of whom were taken to hospital as a precaution. Traffic backed up for several kilometers during the morning rush hour, police said."
Black ice on motorways in North Rhine-Westphalia caused a series of crashes that killed three people and prompted road closures. On the A44 early Friday, a truck collided with a semi-trailer loaded with paper, which caught fire; the truck driver died at the scene and the semi-trailer driver was hospitalized. A separate crash on the same stretch killed two more people. Police reported 17 accidents on the A44 in both directions. Earlier, black ice caused a 26-vehicle pileup on the A42 near Essen after a car skidded on a bridge, leaving 25 people slightly injured and traffic backed up for kilometers.
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