Accident and traffic jam on the A1 due to a queue for petrol

Will the gasoline rush end in tragedy?

Sunday, in Haute-Savoie, a man was stabbed for having tried to queue in a queue at a gas station.

This Monday, a traffic accident was caused by motorists queuing on the hard shoulder of the A1 motorway, near Lille.

The accident occurred around 12:30 p.m., on the A1, in the direction of Lille to Paris, at the entrance to the Phalempin service area where there is a TotalEnergies station.

In circumstances that remain to be clearly defined, three vehicles collided, a heavy goods vehicle, a van and a car.

The accident did not cause death but one injured remains to be deplored.

The hard shoulder squatted by cars

According to a police source contacted by

, the facts are directly linked to the presence of a long line of vehicles on the hard shoulder, waiting to be able to refuel at the gas station.

Obviously, it is “strictly forbidden” to use the emergency lane for these purposes, confirms this source, adding that there was nevertheless “a certain tolerance in view of the situation.

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If the tragedy seems to have been avoided, the accident however caused the cut of the traffic on the A1 and up to 22 km of traffic jams affecting other highways.

At 5 p.m., a surfer also assured on Twitter that she had been stuck in traffic for three hours.

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• Hauts-de-France

• Essence

• Shortage

• Fuels

• Road accident