The victims were riding in a van from Belarus and collided with a semi truck sitting at the end of a traffic jam at around 3:45 am, police said on Monday morning.
The A2 was closed for several hours after the accident, but has since been reopened.
Five dead in Autobahn 2 collision
DDP/The Local - news@thelocal.de
Published: 14 Jul, 2008 CET.
Five people are dead and three injured on Monday morning after a rear-end collision on the Autobahn 2 in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
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