Delays on Brussels ring road after accident near Jette

Traffic is severely delayed after an accident involving several cars and a motorcycle occurred on the Brussels ring road outside of Jette around 8:30 on Tuesday morning.

Two lanes of the road were closed while the vehicles were removed and were reopened around 9:00.

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Because of the closure, vehicles are queued for at least 15 kilometres, Le Soir reported, and there are delays of up to 2 hours.

There are also delays of half an hour on the A12 from Boom and 45 minutes on the E40 from Ghent, according to Le Soir.

Sam Nelson
The Brussels Times