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A German truck driver spilt 10,000 beer bottles while driving through the country’s southwest, causing a roadblock and triggering a salvage operation.
Police officers said the 53-year-old driver was travelling on Friday near Leutershausen, Bavaria, when he approached a roundabout.
The man was transporting 1,280 full beer boxes on his semi-trailer.
While driving around the roundabout around 40 per cent of the cargo fell off his truck and onto the road below.
The accident occurred at around 7.30pm on Friday.
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Show all 50The driver is thought to have lost 12,000 euros (£10,900) in cargo.
Mannheim police said volunteer firefighters from two nearby towns and a local civil defence team took part in the salvage operation.
It took 29 workers to clear the road.
A blockade and diversion was in place at the roundabout for around six hours, a spokesperson said. It was lifted at around 2am on Saturday.
Police said the truck driver was being investigated for insufficiently securing his cargo.
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